Nepeta tuberosa
SKU: 3654Description
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.
Aspect | Full sun |
Flower Colour | Pink | Blue |
Flowering Period | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Foliage | Not evergreen |
Goes Well With | Artemisia, Calamagrostis, Stachys |
Growth Habit | Clump-forming |
Hardiness | Fully hardy |
Height | 80cm |
Soil | Most types |
Spread | 30cm |