Gardeners rave about this delightful ground cover, and it's no wonder. Catmint (Nepeta spp.) offers a long list of positive attributes that make it an attractive choice for your landscape. The genus ...

Catmint, or Nepeta spp., is an impressive flowering perennial, usually blooming from late spring through to late summer. I first fell for catmint a few years back, while working as a gardener in Italy ...

Years ago, my neighbor Tony, gifted me with a lovely herbaceous perrenial, catmint (Nepeta racemose), sometimes called “Walkers Row,” named for an English garden. With gray-green to silver foliage, ...

It may not be keeping you awake at night, but knowing the difference between catmint vs catnip is helpful and could impact the appearance and enjoyment of your yard. There are plenty of similarities ...

Not too long ago, I got my first cat, and it made me realize how much I still need to learn about cat care. I already grow catmint, but ...

If you’re not growing catmint (Nepeta), why not? You can count on summer-long flowers, mostly blues and lavenders. Deer and rabbits shun the aromatic gray-green foliage. The blossoms are sought out by ...

As we continue the celebration of Pollinator Month all June long, I am hoping all of you will pause and admire all of our little insect, hummingbird and butterfly friends buzzing about garden flowers.

A: Yes, there is a difference, and the names are sometimes used interchangeably. While both are members of the Nepeta or mint family, they are actually two separate plants. Catnip (Nepeta cataria), is ...

Dear Master Gardener: A friend mentioned putting in calamint, which she said is a white catmint. It’s confusing — are calamint, catmint and catnip related or are they all different species? Answer: ...