Common Name | Catmint |
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Family | Lamiaceae |
Genus | Nepeta |
species | -- |
Plant Type | Perennial |
US Patent # | PP23180 |
EU Grant # | EU35861 |
Bloom Time | June, July, August, September, October |
Flower Color | Blue, Purple |
Foliage Color | Green |
Dormancy | Winter |
Exposure | Full Sun |
Growth Habit | Spreading / Trailing |
Growth Rate | Fast |
Hardiness Zone | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
How Different? | It has a clean mat habit with continuous bloom of purple blue spikes all summer long. |
Landscape Value | Groundcover, edging, dry garden or rock garden. |
Most Active Growing Season | Spring |
Persistence | Evergreen |
Size (HT/W/FL HT) | 4" / 30" / 7" |
Soil (Garden) | Well drained, low organic soils best. |
Water (Garden) | Needs some summer watering. It will take drought once established. |
Special Uses | Deep South, Deer Resistant, Fragrant, Low Water Usage, Pollinator Attractor |
Comments | Easy to grow in full sun with good drainage. It forms a clean mat that blooms all summer. Named by a reader in a contest that ran in Birds & Blooms Magazine in spring 2010. |
Nepeta ‘Purple Haze’
This wonderful hybrid catmint is a fabulous addition to any sunny garden. 'Purple Haze' forms a silver mat with purple-blue flower spikes that look like Buddleias. The plants have a clean habit and bloom all summer long. No maintenance because it rarely gets messy! Can be used in the front of borders and mixed beds, as a groundcover on banks, or in a rock garden. A very versatile plant.
USDA Hardiness Zone(s): 6-10
Size (HT/W/FL HT): 4″ / 30″ / 7″
Exposure: Full Sun
Bloom Time(s): June, July, August, September, October