RE: Nepeta/catmint
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- Subject: RE: Nepeta/catmint
- From: M* D*
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:49:12 -0700
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Hi Susan, You might want to give N. siberica 'Souvenir d'Andre Chaudron' a
try. I find it to be much more upright than 6 Hills Giant because the stems
are stiffer. The flowers are a bluer blue - more like Gentian blue - and
more widely spaced on the stalk. It is about 2' in my garden. If you want
short stuff try the straight species for an edger or in the rockery. Either
N. mussinnii or N. faassenii, lavender blue, 12"x18" are great bloomers with
aromatic foliage. I am test growing both N. Poolbank - purple blue, 36x36,
tall/upright and N. Dawn to Dusk - silvery pink, 18"x18", blooms all
summer - to see if they are worth propagating. Ask me again next summer
about them. Personally I like N. 'Walker's Low' a lot. It is taller than
the above edgers - ~18"x18", periwinkle blue flowers, blooms all summer. I
can't imagine trying to garden without Nepetas, they are wonderful. And for
some reason the cats don't bother them in any of the borders or in the
nursery. I wonder why?
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Design Plants
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, OR Zone 8b
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of Saxton, Susan
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:31 AM
To: 'perennials'
Subject: Nepeta/catmint
Can anyone comment on Six Hills Giant vs. something like Walker's Low? I
have several plants around my garden of Six Hills and I'm so tired of it
taking over the plant, in breadth and flopping in height, even with cages.
Is there another variety you like even better than either of these? I want
something that gets about 2' tall and 18" wide or so. I find nepeta to be
indispensable plants, and the cats would surely miss them -- but I think I
want smaller varieties.
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