Re: kmrsy's photo/now catnip

Wish I could plant those plants, but since I've got a bird/butterfly sanctuary going here - I can't plant anything that would attract stray cats into my yard.  Not everyone keeps their cat on a tether when they're outside like I do Sugar.  Even she isn't allowed out back.  Since she was feral, her hunting instincts are just too keen.  But she loves her cat grass (indoors) and that God-awful Bermuda outdoors.  Even if mama doesn't let her catch birds!

LOL


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Kitty"<kmrsy@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:42:24 -0800

>Zem, 
>Great names for your cats!  Question:  You have to replant your catnip every
>year?  It's a perennial here in Zone 5.  I cut it back in the fall to tidy it
>up but it puts out new leaves all winter long.  My cats go out and get a bite
>now and then during nice spells in the winter.  Besides, those young leaves
>seem to be the best, they really seem to prefer the leaves closest to the
>base.  Then when weather warms again next spring, the same plants grow more
>branches and the base gets thicker.  They do also throw out some volunteers
>here and there.  But the same plants last for years.  Plan on posting photos
>of your litter?
>
>Kitty
>
>On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:14:04 EST Zemuly@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Kitty, your babies are adorable.  I also have
>> two long-haired black babies, 
>> Hyacinth and Percy Amadeus, and a long-haired
>> beige and white, Fiona Louise.  
>> They all weigh over 16# each.  And, like Sugar,
>> they are the only beings 
>> around here who think Bermuda grass is a good
>> thing.  Every year plant a big 
>> bed of cat nip and cat mint for them to roll
>> around in.
>> 
>> zem
>> zone 7
>> West TN
>
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Kemp TX/zone 8A
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