Catmint is a low-growing, spreading or upright perennial with lilac-mauve flowers over spring and summer. It has a reliable flowering habit and pungent-smelling foliage. Many different varieties are available. Hard pruning after flowering in spring will produce another mass of flowers in 8 to 10 weeks time.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Container
- One
- Size
- Grass and Groundcover
- Root size
- 4 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind, Salt
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants, Wagga Wagga (Water Wise)
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade, Shady
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Gardens
- Hardy, Cottage