Nepeta Faassenii 'Kit Kat'

Finally a Truly contract Nepeta!

[b]Catmint[/b]

As a group, the assorted forms of Nepeta faassenii, generally called Catmint, have a lot going for them. They are long-lived, easy-to-grow, drought tolerant and long-blooming. The deer don't like them and the butterflies love them. In fact in some gardens nepeta is the perennial that is most enchanting to butterflies, rivaling even the shrub butterfly bush. Nepetas are widely used in English perennial borders massed as a foreground plant, and as an edger. To date nepetas have had one major drawback, they tend to sprawl in a floppy manner. A few years ago a range called 'Walker's Low' was introduced from England and was fast heralded as the long sought contract nepeta. When 'Walker's Low' proved to be just as tall-growing and floppy as the other nepetas, it turned out that 'Walker's Low' is the name of a place in England and has nothing to do with the height of the plant. Now with the 2006 introduction of 'Kit Kat', there is finally a contract neater Nepeta faassenii.

Add Continual Summer Color to Your Garden

'Kit Kat' will add color to your organery throughout the summer. The leaves are grey-green and are toped with spikes of small clusters of lavender blue flowers from June until August. At 15-18 inches high, it is not only smaller in height, but smaller in all of its parts. 'Kit Kat' has smaller leaves and flowers, but the flowers are much more numerous than other nepetas. It will thrive in sunny, dry areas, but also tolerates light shade, if the drainage is good. 'Kit Kat' is ideal as an edger, especially for an herb garden, as well as for summer color massed in front of shrubbery or to dress down foundation plantings.

Planting and Care

Nepeta Faassenii 'Kit Kat'