I love nepeta aka catmint, and this new variety looks like a winner! It’s available from Wayside Gardens.
Bees love catmint, but so do cats. By the end of the summer, all my catmint is cat-shaped in the middle.
According to Wayside Gardens, ‘Purrsian Blue’ is the solution! Apparently, it is “flop-proof”!
Naturally rounded, this fragrant little plant covers itself in bright blue blooms from the first hint of warm summer weather until autumn arrives. The flowers themselves are periwinkle-blue, surrounded by a darker violet calyx. Showy, intensely bright, and so profuse, they really pop in the perennial border or herb garden!
Bees and other pollinators are drawn to ‘Purrsian Blue’ for its nectar, while rabbits, deer, and other nibbling creatures avoid it because of its fragrance. I will definitely be ordering this for my borders!
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Same problem with cat body shapes in the middle of my catmint all summer. If this variety can resist the abuse it gets around here it will be truly phenomenal.
I also read a tip that suggested putting wire office desk trays upside down over it as it grows, so that the cats cannot actually roll in it, which makes sense but I cannot say that I have tried it yet.
There are few things cuter than a kitty lying in catmint! I hope this one really springs back up…
I look forward to hearing how it works. Are you really planting things now?
Nah!! Just dreaming. And ordering.
However, it is about 60 here today. Going to go visit the bees in a bit.
I hope it is another mild winter.
🙂 No amount of fear of global warming can stop me from wishing for another mild winter either!
I feel kind of badly about it. But not that bad!! 🙂
Beautiful. I sent this blog to my daughter. She has a deer problem with her borders.
That’s a good idea for a post! Bee friendly, deer resistant border flowers!!
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