Catmint Blue Carpet Ground Cover

Soft crinkled gray green leaves on a short mounding plant.
Catmint blue carpet ground cover. Nepeta blue wonder is a variety of catmint. Promote late summer fall blooms by cutting back mid summer when blooms begin to fade. Caribbeangarden 4 5 out of 5 stars 7 506 1 59. Another popular plant used in this way is nepeta.
Catmint blue carpet plug flat 46 80 52 40 profuse blue blooms on spiky stems. Other common names catmint blue carpet family lamiaceae genus nepeta can be annuals or more commonly perennials with paired usually aromatic leaves and terminal spikes or panicles of 2 lipped tubular flowers. Nepeta blue wonder is covered in sprays of 6 tall dark blue purple flower spikes beginning late spring and into the fall. Catmint seeds blue carpet great groundcover perennial 50 seeds plantzones 4 19.
Blue carpet catmint seeds the perennial ground cover that blooms like an annual. These violet blue spikes bloom all summer atop vigorous 10 inch plants that spread readily in any soil even those infertile dry spots where little else is happy. The foliage is grey green 1 2 long scalloped and fragrant. Long blooming perennials such as the first two types discussed below are very useful to those of us seeking a continuous sequence of bloom in the garden.
Favorite add to. Big violet blue spikes begin the first year and just keep coming. The lovely blue green foliage forms a thick mat like cover in sunny and partially sunny spots. Depending on the variety plants are smothered with pink red white or lavender flowers.
Dianthus is extremely hardy growing in both hot and cold climates. While catnip is the most famous type of catmint plant there are numerous other kinds in many cases gardeners grow these other varieties simply because they look great in the garden. These plants quickly form a low growing mat that carpets the ground and reblooms year after year unlike many perennials blue carpet does not take a year or two to reach maturity and begin blooming. The small crinkly green grey leaves are short growing aromatic and lightly toothed.