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Old 06-06-2003, 02:20 PM
Marc Stephenson
 
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Default Low perennials for 50sqft, full sun, poor drainage, deer-res.?

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Gale wrote:
How about catmint. I mean the 12" variety from Wayside Gardens. I've had
it for about 4 yrs....great low maintenance plant, small grey-green leaves
& blue flowers that are very abundant. Takes full sun to partial shade &
drought tolerant. I feel like I'm writing for a garden catalogue.


"Dwarf catmint - napeta mussinii," I would presume (napeta x fassenii grows
to 2 feet, which is within the required height limits) . Maybe so, though I
haven't had success matching it against my deer-resistance sources. I've
considered "catmint" at Barton Springs Nursery, but something has kept me from
jumping on it.

Everything that I read says that cats love it - do they eat it, lay in it,
or what? When I gave a catnip ball to our cat when I was a kid, he played
with like he was drunk. The cat across the street already uses our mulch
for a litter box - I don't need it over more often.
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