Re: Garden lugs/catnip & catmint

Hi, Laurie....


The catnip that I originally planted about 10 years ago now shows up just
any old place. Our cats do chew on it occaisionally, but there's always
planty more. One reason I regret planting it is that we live in a rural
area, and I read that it will attract bobcats as well as domestic cats. I
also have a few nepeta, which don't seem to be spreading, and which the
cats ignore.

Myrna, Zone 3, Montana

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Laurie wrote:

>     <<Regarding the catnip that is giving Myrna hedaches... is it catnip 
>     or catMINT?  I have that problem with catmint (nepeta sp).  The cat 
>     does like it but not enough to keep it in check. >>
>     
>     I HAD catmint and catnip. I planted them early last summer and they 
>     have turned from tender pretty little plants into hardened cat spitty 
>     stumps.  
>     
>     There is a well trod cat path right to them. Every time one puts out
a leaf 
>     bud, yet another cat bellies up to the bed for a little libation. The
plant 
>     in front of it died from being used as a bar stool. Every cat in the 
>     neighborhood seems in on the secret.
>     
>     ah well.
>     
>     Laurie
>     Medford, MA
>     zone 6
>


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