hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
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catmint::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | catnip, nepeta cataria |
| Type of | herb, herbaceous plant |
Examples of catmint
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Catmint works well in herb gardens, perennial borders, rock gardens and containers.
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They include massed clumps of ornamental grasses, catmint and Siberian iris.
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Hybrid catmint smells as good as it looks with aromatic gray-green foliage.
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If you garden with deer in the Hudson Valley, you should be growing nepeta, or catmint.
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Some better bets are butterfly bush, lilac, catmint, iris and tiger lily.
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The only perennial we have that has continued to bloom all summer is Walker's Low catmint.
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A pair of holly bushes frame the front door, while foxglove and catmint prove bunny resistant.
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Nepeta, or catmint, grows in the herb garden at Wave Hill in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
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Many gardeners have discovered that the appeal of catmint isn't restricted to tabbies and calicos.
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- Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
- Nepeta cataria (also known as catnip, catswort, or catmint) is a plant in the Lamiaceae family. The common names can also be used to refer to the Nepeta genus as a whole.
- Any of various aromatic, ornamental, annual or perennial plants of the genus Nepeta, having opposite leaves and variously colored flowers with two-lipped corollas.
- Perennial herb with purple flowers which some cats show a liking to. It contains the same chemical as catnip but in a weaker form
