This hybrid Nepeta is a mounding, bushy perennial growing 6-12 inches tall. This is a very showy, compact variety, one of the best. Features small, abundant, two-lipped, trumpet-shaped, soft lavender flowers arranged in loose, interrupted racemes (to 6") atop square, leafy stems with oval, intricately-veined, aromatic, gray-green foliage. Blooms in spring with almost continuous rebloom into fall under optimum growing conditions and proper shearing of spent flower spikes. Although Nepeta cataria is the true catnip which drives house cats ecstatic, the leaves of this hybrid catmint are also attractive, albeit less enticing, to cats.
Best grown in average, dry to medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Thrives in dry soils in full sun, and is very drought tolerant. Somewhat intolerant of the heat and humidity of the deep South, however, and appreciates some afternoon shade in hot climates. Shear flower spikes after initial flowering to promote continued bloom. Must be propagated by division because seeds are sterile.
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