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 ...

Lush green cottage garden with catmint and other flowers - Maria Evseyeva/Shutterstock Catmint (Nepeta) is an excellent choice for gardeners who want hearty plants that add color and life to their ...

Catmint (Nepeta) is a valuable perennial to have in your yard - not only because it produces the most beautiful shade of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

As the intense heat of our Dallas summer sets in, it can take a toll on our garden plants. Many plants may be taking a summer vacation from blooming, leaving only the toughest and most heat-tolerant ...

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 ...