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All Plants on this page are in Trade Quart Pots (Qt.) which are 1.68Pints (794 ml) liquid measure. 

(Similar to a true nursery quart on top width and height, but tapered to a smaller bottom for lighter shipping.)

Nepetas - The Fabulous Catmints - Indestructible Blooming Machines!

If you think of Nepetas as 'Just Herbs', better think again.  They ARE herbs, useful in teas, etc. and one is the true catnip.  BUT they are also, given some sun and decent drainage, indestructible blooming machines.  Beautiful (usually) blue blooms for months on end, soft blue green foliage and an agreeable disposition.  Like many pungent herbs, they are not only deer resistant but help protect plants around them as their scent perfumes the air to confuse the deer's sense of smell..  So take a look -- they're superb perennials -- and your sunny garden should have more than one!

$7.99 Qt.  

Nepeta amethystina ssp lacinata      Cut-leaf Ever Blooming Himalayan Catmint      Zone: 3-8    

Lovely lacy, gray foliages reaching 8-10" in height branches well and produces lavender, orchid-like flowers with purple and white markings on the lip.  This cut-leaf Catmint from the Himalayas thrives in a variety of well-drained soils including xeriscapes with almost no watering.  A blooming machines, it starts in spring and lasts well into fall.  Owes this power blooming to being sterile!

Soil: Well-drained    H:8-10"  W: 10"     B/M: Lavender purple/5-10

$7.99 Qt.

Nepeta clarkei      Himalayan Catnip         Zone: 5-9

An extremely rare Catmint with upright bushy growth to 40".  Soft fragrant gray green foliage and spikes of distinctive dark, rich blue flowers with white lines and highly visible, open, white lower lips open from very dark blue buds in abundance ALL SUMMER.  A really showy species that will self sow if happy and there is open ground.  Native to Pakistan.

Soil: Well-drained     H:24-36"  W: 24-36"    B/M: Dark Rich Blue/6-9 if deadheaded

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta grandiflora 'Dawn to Dusk'    Catmint, Dawn to Dusk    Zone: 3-8    

An exciting color break! Rose flower spikes in profusion all summer if cut back after bloom. Longer spikes w/ more tubular flowers resemble Agastache or Nepeta sibirica. Pink flowers strongly contrast against the dark pink calyx. A Coen Jansen introduction. Superb! Formerly classified as Dracocephalum govanianum. 

Soil: Neutral, well-drained    H: 24-36" W: 18-24"    B/M: Rose-pink/ 6-10 

$9.99 Qt. 

Nepeta grossheimii    Georgian Catmint     Zone: 4-8    

Possibly the most rare Nepeta in the world!  From the Republic of Georgia (part of the former Soviet Union) and the part of the world where Europe meets Asia. On their endangered list, this blue flowering Catmint blooms from mid-May thru Mid-October.

Soil: Neutral, well-drained    H:  W:    B/M: Blue/5-10 

$8.99 Qt.

MBG

Nepeta longipes     Lilac Catmint    (in cool areas)    Zone: 3-8

Another rare, hard to find Nepeta noted for the LILAC color blooms (most are blue to violet).  Gray green leave on purplish stems are highly aromatic when brushed making deer avoid them.  The two-lipped, 1/2" long aromatic lilac blooms are clustered in branching spikes from May thru July.  Shear after bloom for another Fall bloom.  The RHS suggests that this is probably a hybrid involving N. multibracteata.   Best in some shade in areas with hot, humid summers.

Soil: Well-drained       H:24-36"   W: 18-24"     B/M: Lilac/5-8

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta mussinii ( N. racemosa)   Persian Catmint, Mussin's Catmint    Zone: 3-8    

Spreading to upright perennial with opposite, ovate, scalloped, finely hairy, aromatic, mid-green leaves with heart-shaped bases. In summer, produces raceme-like, whorled cymes of deep violot- to lilac-blue flowers, 1/2-3/4" long. From Turkey and Iran. 

Soil: Neutral, well-drained    H: 12" W: 18"    B/M: Deep violet blue/ 7-8 

They arrived yesterday in wonderful condition. I've never seen such a clever packing arrangement.

Ruth,   Pleasantville, NY

$7.99 Qt.  

Nepeta mussinii 'Blue Wonder'    Persian Catmint, Mussin's Catmint     Zone: 3-8   

This is a gorgeous, long-blooming plant.  Medium lavender blue blooms with darker sepals over felty, gray-green leaves.  This is a Timex Plant:  takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'.  We love Catmints no, it's not anything like a real mint, except that it has the square stem of the Mint family.  We wouldn't design a garden without several Nepetas and this is one of the best.

Soil: Well-drained     H: 12-15"  W:12-15"   B/M: Blue/8-10

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta nervosa       Dark Blue Kashmirian Catmint      Zone:  5-9       

A Kashmirian native with an upright and round, bushy stance, handsome dark green foliage that's veined and somewhat linear in shape  and has large, dense, cylindrical spikes up to 9" long of dark blue flowers for 12 weeks starting in July.  The botanical name of this plant refers to the pattern caused by the veins in the leaves.

Soil:  Well-drained   H: 12-18"  W:  15"     B/M:  Dark blue/7-9

$8.99 Qt. 

Nepeta parnassica     Giant Nepeta      Zone: 5   

The giant in the Genus.  Thick sturdy stems support wonderfully fragrant gray-green foliage and long spikes of purple-blue and dark, wine-hued calyxes  over a long season.  Growing to a height of 15' tall and 12' wide!  Not inches, dear reader, that's 15 FEET tall. Well that's what our seed source claims!  We'll see.  Other sources say 4 1/2 feet by 4 1/2 feet. 

Soil:  Well-drained     H: 4.5-15'  W: 4.5-12'     B/M:  Purple-Blue/6-9

Nepeta racemosa (mussinii) 'Little Titch'    Catmint     Zone: 3-8     

Even lower than the dwarf standard, Walker's Low.  Tightly packed, gray-green leaves form a low growing, dense mat.  Appropriately small heads of rich blue flowers start in May and continue thru September.  Perfect in the rock garden or front of the border.

Soil: Neutral, well-drained     H: 7-10"   W: 15"        B/M: Rich Blue/5-9 

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta reichenbachiana     Catmint     Zone: 4-8   

Ideal for small areas needing a shot of color. Jagged, spear-like, light green leaves and spikes of pale purple flowers. Blooms intermittently from late spring to frost. From the cold regions of China. Used as ground covers, edging or rock garden plants. 

Soil: Neutral, well-drained    H: 12-14"  W: 12"   B/M: Pale purple/ 5-10 

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta sibirica      Siberian Catmint     Zone: 3-8     

Bloom continues all summer, making this one of the bloomingest plants we've ever come across. Foliage is soft gray-green and beautiful. Very upright foliage. White Flower Farm described this plant as "A WORLD BEATER"! MUST have well-drained soil. Cut back 1/2 after flower = Rebloom + Compact plant. Very cold hardy.  

Soil: Neutral, well-drained       H: 36" W: 18"       B/M: Blue/7-10 

$8.99 Qt. 

Nepeta sibthorpii    Greek Catmint    Zone: 4-8  

Clumps of rounded, greenish-gray fuzzy leaves and distinctive spikes of hooded blue flowers striated green and white in summer. From Greece and Turkey. Across the board, Catmints are some of the finest plants we grow in our gardens and every garden should have at least one.    On 7/7/05 we were the only source on the Internet for this plant!

Soil: Neutral, well-drained      H: 12-18" W: 18"      B/M: Blue/ 6-7   

FYI  My 'special hint' was something to the effect, "Plant them in well-drained soil then walk away and tend to something fussy!"  I love this dependable plant!      Debby, Lazy S'S Farm

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta subsessilis    Japanese Catmint      Zone: 4-9     

HUGE deep blue clusters over erect foliage. A bright new look for the genus, long blooming, fragrant leaves, more tolerant of moisture and poor drainage than others catmints. Similar to a deeper blue, more densely spiked version of 'Souvenir'. Spike-like, whorled cymes of bright blue flowers are born mid-summer to autumn. From Japan.  

Soil:  Most any   H: 24-36"   W: 12"    B/M:  Bright blue/7-10

$8.99 Qt. 

Nepeta subsessilis 'Candy Cat'  PPAF    Japanese Catmint     Zone: 4-9    

Short racemes of soft rose pink 3/4" flowers on upright stems over dark green leaves, vigorous growing, tolerates more moist or average soil than other fussy Nepetas.  Also drought tolerant. A very, very unique bloom color in the world of 'Cats' and larger than most to boot.
Soil:  Most any   H: 24-36"   W: 12"    B/M: Rose Pink /7-10

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta subsessilis 'Cool Cat'       Japanese Catmint      Zone: 4-9    

Woody catmint with large lavender blue flowers marked white. For sun and most any soil.  N. subsessilis and Candy and Cool Cats, will take soil that isn't well-drained, unlike all other Nepetas.

Soil:  Most any   H: 24-36"   W: 12"    B/M:  Lavender /7-10

$7.99 Qt.

Nepeta subsessilis 'Sweet Dreams'    Japanese Catmint       Zone: 4-9

One of the most beautiful to look at and you can eat the blooms!  Why you would want to, I'm not sure but...  Lovely Lavender Pink blooms in summer over soft green, serrated leaves.  Best with a bit of shade in warm areas.  A floriferous Catmint growing on shady mountains and coastal cliffs in Japan.  This species LIKES MOIST SOIL.  Upright clumping stems with large, trumpet-shaped clear pink flowers and dark burgundy floral bracts and larger leaves than bloom.  Dead head to improve bloom time.  Best with some shade in warm areas.

Soil: MOIST Well-drained      H:24-30"  W: 24-30"     B/M: Lavender Pink/6-8

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta 'Walker's Low'  Catmint   Zone:  3-8   

We treasure catmints because they cover ground so quickly w/ tidy foliage & willing blossoms. From England, 'Walker's Low' is particularly easy to establish, enduring droughts and beating the sun. From June on, its small silver leaves on arching stems bristle with blooms. A great mound of  foliage and bloom throughout the season. (Note:  Many folks think 'Walker's Low' is "Low" in height but it's actually named after a place in England.  If you want a truly 'low' Catmint, look at Nepeta 'Kit Kat'.)  Jack Potter's cat 'Hips' gives this one his seal of approval!

Soil: Neutral, well-drained      H: 18-24" W: 18-24"      B/M: Blue/ 6-9 

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta x faassenii 'Dropmore'     Catmint, Dropmore     Zone: 3-8      

Large, rich, lavender-blue flowers and grayish foliage. Cutback 1/2 for rebloom. Larger growth habit than mussinii; naturally compact and mound-forming; good on top of rock wall; takes heat well. Easy to grow in average, well-drained soil. 

Soil: Neutral, well-drained    H: 18-24" W: 22"    B/M: Lavender blue/ Summer + rebloom 

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta x faassenii 'Kit Kat'     Dwarf Catmint, Kit-Kat     Zone: 3-8      

Much shorter than the average Catmint in the trade reaching only 15" in height.  Spikes of blue-purple flowers throughout summer over small mounds of gray-green, fragrant foliage.  Smaller in all parts - blooms, leaves and height, it makes up for it with BLOOM POWER -- smothering itself with blooms

Soil: Neutral, well-drained    H:15-18"  W: 18-24"   B/M: Blue-purple/6-9 

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta x faassenii 'Snowflake'     White Catmint    Zone: 3-8    

Low soft gray mat smothered with blossoms in summer. Best if spent flowers are sheared. Tiny gray-green serrated leaves; mound shaped. Cut back by 1/2 after blooming for compactness & rebloom, as with all Nepetas. Used as ground covers, edging or rock garden plants. Sterile. 

Soil: Neutral, well-drained    H: 12-14" W: 12-14"    B/M: White/ 6-9 

$8.99 Qt. 

Nepeta x 'Joanna Reed'     Joanna Reed Catmint      Zone: 3-8  

A fairly new Catmint to the trade with darker violet blooms and taller than others.  From the gardens of Joanna Reed, Longview Farms, Malvern, PA.  A hybrid between N. sibirica and N faassenii.  It is destined to become a standard in the Genus!

Soil: Well drained, neutral   H: 36"  W: 24"    B/M:  Medium violet/6-9

$7.99 Qt. 

Nepeta x 'Six Hills Giant'   Six Hills Giant Catmint   Zone: 3-8  

Tall & tougher than the species, more tolerant of HUMIDITY & a slightly wetter soil. Fragrant. Used as ground covers, edging or rock garden plants. Splendidly generous w/ its summer display of flowers if *cut back after blooming. One of the best garden plants available! Sterile so it just keeps pumping all that energy into blooms.

Soil: Neutral, well-drained    H: 24-36"   W: 24-36"   B/M: Blue/ 6-9 

$7.99 Qt.  

Nipponanthemum nipponicum  (Chrysanthemum nipponicum)   Montauk Daisy   Zone: 5-9 

Single white 2-3" daisies with yellow centers appear in September-November. Rounded shrub-like growth with thick, glossy, dark green, spear-shaped leaves; handsome even when not in bloom. A tough plant that grows easily in average, well-drained soil. Cut back almost to ground in spring.  Takes seaside conditions.

Soil:  Well-drained  H: 24-30"  W: 24"   B/M:  White/ 9-11

$7.99 Qt.  

Oenothera berlanderi 'Woodside White'    Showy Primrose   Zone:  5-9   

Gorgeous white flowers with green throats fade to pink as they age.  The 2" blooms are huge!  Compact plants, they do spread by stolons.

Soil: Average     H:15"  W: Indef."         B/M:  White/5-6 and 9-10

$7.99 Qt. 

Oenothera 'Fireworks'     Sundrops 'Fireworks'    Zone: 4-9   

AKA O. tetragona 'Fireworks', Oenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks' (Fyrverkeri)

This plant is very confused in the trade and is almost always the wrong plant!   We offer the TRUE FIREWORKS.  It took us over 3 years to locate the real plant.  Most are just the species without the red buds.  Ho-hum!  Also sold as 'Illumination', this is a beauty by any name. It has terminal clusters of deep yellow, cup-shaped flowers which arise in early summer from waxy red buds on creeping, semi-evergreen rosettes of shiny leaves. Good spreader but still a more compact form than the species and neater in habit (in a genus that does have some unruly relatives!)  In a large garden, a grouping of 3-5 creates a focal point of its 'can't be missed' color.  In the smaller garden, even one can have impact.  

Soil: Most any except wet     H: 15-18" W: Slowly Indef.     B/M: Deep yellow/ 6-10 

$7.99 Qt.  

Oenothera fruiticosa 'Cold Crick'   Sun Drops      Zone: 5-9   

Compact plant with finely cut foliage and covered with bright yellow blooms in early summer. A great rock garden or container plant. Recently introduced variety from Polly Rowley of Middleburg, VA.  Easy to grow in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil. Not invasive like some Sundrops. Very abundant summer flowering. The best of the Sundrops! (O. fruiticosa forms)  Not at all invasive.

Soil:  Well-drained   H: 8-10"   W: 8-10"   B/M:  Yellow/Early summer

$7.99 Qt. 

Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou'  Showy Primrose     Zone:5-9    

AKA O. berlanderi  It's a bit of a spreader, but WOW what a bloom!  You can't imagine that the somewhat delicate looking foliage is going to produce anything this big 3"and beautiful.  When they are in bloom, we simply cannot keep them restocked!  Oh, did we mention they bloom on and off all summer!

Soil: Moist but well-drained     H: 8" W: Indef.     B/M: Deep pink/ Summer  

Onoclea sensiblis     Sensitive Fern  Can be found on the Fern Page with our other Ferns   

New 2/22

$8.99 Qt. 

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Gyoku Ryu'   Very Dwarf Mondo Grass   Zone 7-10     

$6.99 Qt. 

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'    Dwarf Mondo Grass   Zone: 6-10   

Grass-like evergreen ground cover plants resembling Liriope, but usually w/ narrower foliage, that spread slowly by underground runners & form a thick turf. Most have small lilac flowers followed by nodding scapes of blue berries. Slower growing and much more compact than the species. Rarely blooms. Atypical Roots

Soil:  Moist but well-drained  H: 4-5"  W:  Indef.  B/M:  Lilac/Summer

$9.99 Qt. 

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Torafu'     Grass, Torafu Mondo    Zone: 6-10   

Narrow grassy 4" drooping leaves of deep green, broadly horizontally splashed with gold. Unusually hardy for a Mondo Grass. Small lilac flowers followed by nodding scapes of blue berries. Drought tolerant when established. Spreads slowly by underground runners. First brought to this country by Plantsman/Explorer Barry Yinger and the original clump at Maryland's Brookside Garden is gorgeous.  Brookside, by the way, is well worth the visit.  Available from only 3 sources in the country, it's extremely rare! Atypical Roots

Soil: Moist but well-drained     H: 4" W: Indef.     B/M: Lilac/ 7-8 

$9.99 Qt. 

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Niger'       Black Mondo Grass   Zone: 6-10   

A striking form of Mondo grass, near black purple in color is beautiful with silver foliage plants. Add light lilac to pink flowers followed by dark blue-black fruits and you definitely have a winner. Nothing else quite like it. AKA, Black Dragon, Ebony Knight. Slightly acidic soil.   Slow at first, then it picks up but never really berserk.  Just steady.

Soil: Moist but well-drained     H: 9" W: Indef.     B/M: Lilac to pink/ 7-8 

New -1-09

$7.99 Qt.

Origanum rotundifolium 'Kent Beauty'     Ornamental Oregano   Zone: 6-9    

This 9" tall, elliptical bush bears numerous gray-green, oval leaves and is capped by the most magically unique, pink flowers all summer. Blooms resemble those of hops & dangle gracefully from short stems born well above the bush itself. The scent of the blooms is fabulous fresh or dried.  Best planted in spring/early summer in zones 5 and 6 so they're well-established by Fall.

Soil: Well-drained    H:9"  W: 9"     B/M: Pink/6-9 

New - 3/23

$8.99 Qt.