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Re: Questions re Pyrethrum & Nepata

This year I added quite alot of nepeta to my beds; six hills giant, N. 
siberica, blue wonder and dropmore.  The cats have left all of them 
alone.  Several years ago I put in a dwarf type of nepeta.  I wasn't in 
the ground one day and the cats had ruined it.  I had very reluctant to 
put in any other plants because of the cats.  Last year I bought some on 
sale and wintered them in my vegetable garden.  To my surprise and 
delight the cats left them alone.  This spring I tryed some other 
varieties-cats also left them alone.  I really like the six hils giant 
and am very pleased with the N. siberica (so are the hummingbirds!)


Denise Leonard
Tanstaafl Farm
Greenfield, MA
zone 5
dal@shaysnet.com


On Wed, 6 Aug 1997 jsagan@mail.netshop.net wrote:

> I wondering what experience anyone has had with Pyrethrum(painted daisy)
> variety Robinson Single Hybrid?   Do they get messy and need staking like
> the Shasta Daisy's?  My border is pretty small, perennials like campanula
> (various varieties), lavender, scabiosa 'pink mist', phlox paniculata,
> coreopsis 'moonbeam', mixed with dwarf lilacs, pink & white roses & white
> spireas.  All very soft looking right now.  
> 
> I've also been following the thread on Nepata.  I don't think anyone talked
> about cats and nepata.  I've heard that the two (Nepata and cats) mix
> together too well! I wanted to put the nepata with the roses but I certainly
> don't want the cat in there too - comments?
> 
> Hope I haven't broken any rules by asking 2 questions in one post...
> TIA, Cheral Sagan in Kamloops, B.C. zone 4-5 where its hitting 35c today
> <jsagan@mail.netshop.net>
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