Here is another picture of the plant. Please keep in mind that I picked the tips off of most stem, just in case anyone wonders. Please refer to the first post for how the tip looks like.

Has it flowered? I'm guessing Catmint--if it comes with purple flowers.

No, no flower at all, at least not yet.

actually now I looked up catmint, I definitely have it in my garden as well and it has purple flowers but it looks quite different than this one.

It is sometimes hard to identify an herb just from a picture of the leaves. If you can wait until it blooms, it might be able to be identified from a picture of the leaves and the flowers.

My guess is that it is catnip - Nepata cataria. If I were there, I'd pick a couple of leaves and crush them - catnip leaves have a very distinctive and pungent odor. Once you've smelled it, you don't forget it.

It may be a type of agastache or hyssop. Some get quite large, but agree on waiting until it flowers, it should make it much easier to identify then.

I'm not grown catmint or hyssop but those seem reasonable ones to compare against. I can say that it is not catnip.

FataMorgana

We've had a patch of catnip growing in an out of the way spot for many years. We didn't plant it - it just showed up on its own. Right now, It looks just like the photo in the first message. Later on, it will show some pale flowers..

It has a VERY distinctive odor. I suppose if you squinted real hard, you could call it "minty". I wouldn't describe it that way, however.

This post was edited by nickl on Fri, Jun 21, 13 at 17:27

I believe it is hyssop. Looks very much like a anise hyssop that I have.

In my experience it does not like being cut back. I tried that last year thinking it would get bushier but it seemed to stunt it.

It kinda looks like Horse Mint.