Nepeta mussinii

Description

Nepeta mussinii is a lovely, low-growing variant of catmint – the classic cottage garden plant. Unlike other forms of catmints it has a habit to mound and creep in a more relaxed form, providing excellent ground cover in a sunnier spot and offering a more relaxed alternatives to Nepeta racemosa cultivars and hybrids. Like all nepetas, it provides a very-long flowering, beautiful presence at the front of a border or spilling out of a container. From early summer to mid summer (and into late summer later if spent flowers are removed or the plant is cut back) it carries numerous lavender-blue blooms on short spikes atop aromatic, grey-green foliage that is the hallmark of many of the garden nepetas. It is a remarkably low-maintenance and versatile plant and will provide months of trouble-free flowers, coming back every year. In our opinion nepetas like this should be a staple of every cottage garden.

These established, garden-ready plants have been grown at our nursery in Cornwall and are supplied in 2 litre containers. They will flower from early summer and will grow to an ultimate height of 30cm (12 inches) with a spread of around 50cm (20 inches).