RE: Nepeta (six hills giant) maybe not
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Nepeta (six hills giant) maybe not
- From: S* S*
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:02:18 -0700
Has entertainment value too.
Isn't that the truth! I have 3 cats and they love it.
Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter
I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Wilson [s*@ukonline.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 12:40 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Nepeta (six hills giant) maybe not
>
>
> 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.
> 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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