Catnip and catmint both belong to the genus Nepeta in the mint family. They both have square stems that are typical features of mint plants. And they each produce spikes of tiny, two-lipped flowers ...

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 ...

Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds are the top three guests a healthy garden loves to serve — and of all perennials to have in the garden, Nepeta (also called catmint), is the easiest, most fulfilling ...

Catmint sends cats crazy. They devour the leaves, roll wantonly around and carry on in an embarassingly louche fashion. Consequently, town gardeners and cat-owners will probably want to give this ...

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 ...

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LITTLE ROCK — Plant people are fond of creating "best" lists of plants in an attempt to simplify the choices for gardeners looking for clarity in the oftentimes confusing plant world. That there is ...

Walker’s Low Catmint is a fragrant herbaceous perennial that attracts bees, butterflies.. .... and hummingbirds. It grows about 24-30 inches tall and spreads to about 36 inches. With small purple ...

This spring, I decided to grow some catnip in our herb garden. We had acquired some terracotta drain pipes off of Craigslist and had been using them as bottomless pots to house some of our more ...

Introduced in 1988 in Europe, Walker”s Low catmint has become increasingly popular with each passing year and has been names the 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. If ...

Iridoids are plant secondary metabolites from the group of terpenes. Many plants produce these substances to defend themselves against herbivores or to protect themselves from pathogens, among these ...