Catnip and catmint both belong to the genus Nepeta in the mint family. They both have square stems that are typical features of mint plants. And they each produce spikes of tiny, two-lipped flowers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lush green cottage garden with catmint and other flowers - Maria Evseyeva/Shutterstock Catmint (Nepeta) is an excellent choice for ...

A pollinator forages from the blue flowers of a catmint plant. - ncmirfro/Shutterstock If you love the way catmint (Nepeta spp.) attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to your garden, then ...

Catmint (Nepeta) plants are perennial ornamental herbs from the mint family, known for attracting pollinators and deterring insects. These plants have gray-green foliage that gives off a mild ...

The Perennial Plant Association has Catmint (Nepeta) ‘Walker’s Low’ as its 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year. ‘Walker’s Low’ is a versatile, hardy, herbaceous perennial that is terrific for edging, ...

Cats may appreciate both of these feline-friendly perennials, but there are differences in landscape value when planting catmint vs. catnip. Reviewed by Joseph Tychonievich Catmint is more ornamental ...

They thought it would draw cats to eat rats lurking around the house or farm. Yet recent evidence proves that cats may not be the only reason catmint is found around the foundations of old European ...

For those of you with cats, it's no secret that they love catnip. Whether they eat it or just roll around it, this herb is plain irresistible to our feline friends. We used to have to keep the pots of ...

These low-maintenance plants don’t just survive—they thrive in heat, drought, and even the worst soil.

Years ago, my neighbor Tony, gifted me with a lovely herbaceous perrenial, catmint (Nepeta racemose), sometimes called “Walkers Row,” named for an English garden. With gray-green to silver foliage, ...

This spring, I decided to grow some catnip in our herb garden. We had acquired some terracotta drain pipes off of Craigslist and had been using them as bottomless pots to house some of our more ...

Iridoids are plant secondary metabolites from the group of terpenes. Many plants produce these substances to defend themselves against herbivores or to protect themselves from pathogens, among these ...