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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Medium Blue
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer
Foliage: Grown for foliage Herbaceous Aromatic Velvet/Fuzzy-Textured
On Jun 25, 2007, Meig from Far Northwest 'burbs, IL (Zone 5a) wrote:
Very pretty and an easy grower. Once it sets seed, you will have little catmint plants *everywhere*, so be ready for that. If you don't want a variety that seeds a lot, try Walker's Low :)
On Jun 4, 2005, kzwaagstra from Decatur, GA (Zone 8a) wrote:
I grew my original plants from seed 4 years ago and they continue to thrive in pots and in my herb garden. I keep one pot specifically for my 5 cats who love to lie in it. The plant somehow manages to limp along despite the insult. I grow the rest around my blueberry bushes - the contrast in blue color and the differing texture adds "art" to my herb garden.
Sowed catmint seeds directly into the soil around several newly planted hybrid tea roses last year. This year it was the first thing to come up and bloom profusely after a very cold winter and spring. It is a delightful companion to hybrid tea roses, particularly yellow or yellow/apricot bicolor roses.
On Aug 6, 2004, spklatt from Ottawa, ON (Zone 5a) wrote:
I've had a hard time keeping these going in my perennial gardens, as the neighbourhood cats have really taken a shine to them.
If this is not a problem in your area (or your cats have different tastes!), this is definitely a nice plant to have. It's fragrant and, if shorn almost to the ground after the first blooming period, it will come back very nicely for another go-around.
On Nov 2, 2001, poppysue from Westbrook, ME (Zone 5a) wrote:
This is not to be confused with fluffy's catnip! Though some kitties may take a liking to it, this is a much more desirable perennial. It forms a low growing mound of fragrant foliage with sprays of lavender-blue flowers. It's very easy to grow and tolerant of poor soils and a wide variety of growing conditions. The foliage is used in teas and potpourri. After flowering give it a good hair cut and it'll bloom a second time. A nice plant for the herb garden or the front of the border.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Clayton, California Fairfield, California San Francisco, California Coventry, Connecticut Decatur, Georgia Spring Grove, Illinois Fishers, Indiana Marlborough, Massachusetts Tyngsboro, Massachusetts Grass Lake, Michigan Macomb, Michigan Tijeras, New Mexico New York, New York Winston Salem, North Carolina Belfield, North Dakota Medora, North Dakota Edmond, Oklahoma Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania Sultan, Washington Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
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