An excellent plant for the middle of the border. Makes a bushy upright plant with spikes of soft pink flowers in summer. Removal of spent flowers will extend the flowering. Plants can also be cut to a stump to rejuvenate. I find this nepeta better for mass planting rather...
This variety is one of our own seedlings. Growing to 150-160cm with stiff erect stems that do not need staking this plant makes a pink 'cloud' of flowers in summer.
40- 60 cm The violet-blue flowers accent aromatic grey-green foliage. Long blooming season. Said to be rabbit resistant? Best in a sunny position. I consider this as the best Nepeta for display.
A seedling form the Hardy Plant Society of Great Britain and named by us. Grows to approx 80cm with dark blue flowers in thick racemes.
This catmint originates from the open, grassy slopes, often by streams and lakes, of the Himalayas of Pakistan and Kashmir N. clarkei forms large, upright clumps of foliage, it bears in summer 15cm whorled spikes of pure blue (not purplish) flowers with an attractive,...
Nepeta grandiflora 'Pool Bank' is an upright grower standing taller and not as sprawling as ‘Six Hills Giant’, The foliage is gray-green, with tall branched spires with bluish lavender flowers. Full sun. This new variety will I think overtake 'Six Hills Giant'. A few large...
80cm Grows easily in a sunny position. The leaves are smaller and the tall stems branch freely into good spikes of lilac-white flowers that appear pink.FEW LEFT PB2
Greek Catmint is a large and beautiful catmint said to grow to 1.8m but with us it has only ever reached approx 80cm. Thick strong stems with fragrant leaves and long spikes of purple-blue flowers in summer and autumn. Few available now PB2
Low growing 30 x 30cm. Grey-green foliage and spikes of white flowers over summer. Font of border.
Collected by plantsman Chris Chadwell many years ago in the Himalayas. Growing to 60-70cm with broad foliage and racemes of flowers similar to Nepeta tuberosa. A favourite of mine. PB2
This catmint likes a moist soil. Upright stems lined with serrated foliage topped with cylindrical spikes of long, trumpet-shaped pink flowers. Will continues to bloom if deadheaded. Will grow approx 45cm x 45cm
Stiff squared stems carry upright branching flower-heads densely packed with tiers of mauve-tinted buds among which sparkle tiny blue-lipped flowers. Leaves, stems and buds are densely clothed in white wool, giving a pale silvery-grey effect. Colourful for weeks in midsummer,...
