Thanks for the clarification including botanical names.
"Henriette Kress" wrote in message
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Elizabeth wrote:
"John DeBoo" wrote
So if I were to plant some catnip in my front yard, it would not
*hurt* the cats, right?
No.
Is catnip the same as catmint?
Possibly. Generally, though, catnip is the whiteflowered one (Nepeta
cataria), whereas catmint is either the tall or the low blueflowered one
(Nepeta grandiflora, Nepeta x faassenii).
Henriette
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