Re: Nepeta (six hills giant) maybe not
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- Subject: Re: Nepeta (six hills giant) maybe not
- From: S* W*
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:40:00 +0100
Jeanne
Maybe you have got Nepeta x fassenii. This is raised from seed. Nepeta 'Six
Hills Giant' is normally raised from cuttings. I've got a huge clump in the
garden, it's been there for several years and no signs of seedlings. But I
wouldn't say it was impossible.
By the way, I protect my nepeta from mine and the neighbours cats by putting
an old wire hanging basket over the crown in the spring and letting it grow
thru'. They can then happily throw themselves at it but cannot damage the
crown. Has entertainment value too.
Tracy Wilson, Cornwall.
-----Original Message-----
From: jeanne latta <jplatta@yahoo.com>
To: perennial list <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: 03 June 1999 21:45
Subject: Nepeta (six hills giant) maybe not
>Well something strange is happening with my Nepeta.
>It is blooming away and putting on a dazzling display
>and I'm as happy as a lark because there are lots of
>little nepeta seedlings that popped up this spring all
>around the parent plant. I am having visions of a
>whole mass of this lovely display all along my fence
>line. This morning, it being a cool rainy day, I got
>out my Well Tended Perennial Garden and was browsing
>through it. I read about the Nepeta and imagine my
>shock when I read that this plant is sterile and does
>not produce seeds! I surely would like to know what
>produced the little seedlings that are scampering all
>around that part of the garden. Anyone know anything
>about this?
>Jeanne
>
>===
>Jeanne
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