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Nepeta tuberosa

SKU: 3654
Description

Unlike most catmints this is remarkable for providing a striking vertical, placed among lower plants. Stiff squared stems carry upright branching flowerheads densely packed with tiers of mauve-tinted buds among which sparkle tiny blue-lipped flowers. Leaves, stems and buds are densely clothed in white wool, giving a pale silvery-grey effect. Colourful for weeks in midsummer, still providing good outline when drought drains colour. Has thick swollen roots like a dahlia, another adaptation to drought. Needs well drained soil in sun. 

Please see Nepeta tuberosa ex Madrid Botanical Garden for a more reliable form of this unusual species.


AspectFull sun
Flower ColourPink | Blue
Flowering PeriodJun | Jul | Aug
FoliageNot evergreen
Goes Well WithArtemisia, Calamagrostis, Stachys
Growth HabitClump-forming
HardinessFully hardy
Height80cm
SoilMost types
Spread30cm
 
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