Kitten Around Catmint
Nepeta x faassenii 'Kitten Around'
Walters Gardens
$24.00
Lovely periwinkle-blue flowers with rosy-purple calyxes bloom just above the tightly compact aromatic foliage from early summer until fall; excellent for containers, beds and borders
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Kitten Around Catmint is a dense herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.
Ornamental Qualities
Kitten Around Catmint has masses of beautiful spikes of lightly-scented powder blue flowers with rose calyces rising above the foliage from early summer to early fall | which are most effective when planted in groupings. Its small fragrant pointy leaves remain bluish-green in color throughout the season.
Planting and Growing
Kitten Around Catmint will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 20 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground | not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial | this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter | and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations | and should do just fine under typical garden conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun to partial shade
Deer Resistant
Keep moisture level dry to moist
Mature Size 14"Hx20"W
Flowers are powder blue with soft fragrance
Flowers from early summer to early fall
Attracts butterflies
Zone 3a
Likes average to moist soil