The plant is very easy to grow from flower seed, and if the seeds are sown early in the season, it will bloom the first year. It is a perennial that blooms like an annual. Also known as: catnip, catswort, catwort, or catmint.
Foliage is greenish-gray with small blue flowers. Dried leaves can be used for tea and as a stimulant for cats. Small bilabiate blooms can be white, spotted with purple or pink. The dried herb has a mint-like fragrance.
Foliage is greenish-gray with small blue flowers. Dried leaves can be used for tea and as a stimulant for cats. Small bilabiate blooms can be white, spotted with purple or pink. The dried herb has a mint-like fragrance.
•Dried leaves can be used for tea! •Self-sows readily! •Grow indoors or out! •Can be white, spotted with purple or pink. •Attracts pollinators!
Catnip (Nepeta Cataria) – Catnip seeds produce both attractive and beneficial plants for the xeriscape garden. Catnip plants have sturdy stems with opposite heart-shaped, green to grayish-green leaves.