On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:05:48 +0100, Jake
wrote:

On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:49:36 +0000, Nehemiah
wrote:


Hi,

Can anyone, very simply, please direct me as to how I would go about
growing this?

I've pretty much never grown anything...However I would like to liven
the garden up for our cat - which is unfortunately mostly concrete
meaning most of this would need to be in pots or planters - and would
also maybe like to also add something like valerian or lavender.

What exactly do I need? I'm thinking of buying this wishing well planter
which I think probably has about an 40-50cm diameter, would I be able to
grow catmint/grass in something like that or is it would it be too big?
I seem to only see it in little pots...

Tx

You're talking about two different plants. Catmint (nepeta, sometimes
called catnip) is a flowering plant that cats seem to love rolling in.
I grow a few plants which, although perennial, need to be replaced
each year as resident cat curls up on them in the sun and smothers
them. But it's really a ground plant.

ON GQT some years ago Bob Flowerdew suggested putting an wire hanging
basket upturned over a catmint plant, thus preventing the cat
completely crushing the plant. I've not tried it.




Cheers, Jake
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