Nepeta latifolia
at Digging Dog
Catmint
Sometime around May a certain fragrance tells us that it’s time for sunny days and warm weather. It’s
Nepeta! Catmint, as it is commonly called, is a free bloomer whose billowy mounds of lavender, pink or white flowers are as opulent as its aromatic foliage.
Supposedly, this herb renders timid people fierce, and the botanist Tournefort tells of a hangman who couldn’t cut the mustard “til he chewed a little catmint root.” Have some Loosestrife around in case things get out of hand.
Cut back in July for an encore in the fall. Nepeta latifolia 
This new, tall growing, stately Nepeta is a favorite of ours for its densely massed whorls of lilac flowers on long, slender panicles, and the lush, broad, gray-green foliage that covers its stout, branched stems. We combine these pastel hues with Centaurea macrocephala, Caryopteris incana and Crocosmia ‘Emily McKenzie’ for a pleasing mixture of foliage and late season flower power.
Blooms July–September. Size: 3'–3-1/2' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 6. Nepeta latifolia (P-0763)
Each $6.50
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