A Comparative Study of Cultivated Catmints

06/07/10 • 0 min

Equally wonderful as accents or massed in large groups, catmints are well-suited to perennial borders, herb gardens and rockeries, and can be used as ground covers, edging plants or for spilling over rock walls. True catnip, Nepeta cataria, is particularly intoxicating to feline friends, but several other common catmints also attract cats.

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