Good to know, this spring my 'Kitten Around' looked as if it was tuckering out after four years, but all plants are now going strong.

Love your garden Nidnay and your Nepeta looks healthy and fabous...thinking mine would do better in the ground, than in a pot but I have limited sun, but I ought to plant some in the ground too! Feeling inspired seeing your photos!

Over the weekend, I found Neptune at Lowe's. It's beautiful with the larger purple blossoms. I hope it stays that way! Will let you know how it does!

@popmama (Colorado, USDA z5), yes, please report back with Neptune’s progress! I’ve seen Neptune multiple times, but the size of the plant in the nursery container already exceeded the listed height on the tag, so I was nervous i’d end up with too large a plant for my needs. Very curious to see an established one in the landscape!

Will do. I think I will put it in my new xeric bed. I already have two Little Trudy there and a NOID (that was labeled Little Trudy when I bought it, but clearly it is not!).

I planted Nepeta x Faassenii ‘Blue Wonder’ 20 years ago. I've never watered it (except when everything was being watered due to prolonged drought), never deadheaded it, never divided it and it just keeps going. Here are a few pics from this year.

Amazing that 'Blue Wonder' has had such sustained staying power! :)

This thread inspired me to add Neptune last season. Here it is in its first full season. I really like it. Very different from my other nepetas.

Silly question, but should I prune back my Little Trudy to get a second flush? It looks like the first flush of blooms may be done.

@popmama (Colorado, USDA z5) not a silly question at all! Yes, prune Little Trudy! :)

Last year I added two new-to-me catmints, Puursian Blue and Jr Walkers Low. Jr was planted too late in Fall and died over winter but Purrsian is doing well. It’s still very small though as it was planted as a plug so we'll see.

This year I also bought Cat's Meow and Chartreuse on the Loose. We'll see how that goes. I think my favorite is still Dropmore for its size and hardiness. It's the only one (so far) to seem to like its growing conditions. I wish its blooms were larger though.

thanks Mazerolm! I'll do that tomorrow. Give it a sheer! I think I also planted one of the Proven Winners nepetas last year but I can't remember which one. Hopefully I kept the label somewhere!

All my catmint varieties are doing well with the moisture and predominately cool temperatures. 'Cats Pajamas' is a nice thing, though wish was a somewhat larger growing plant, 'Purrsian Blue' is developing strongly, cuttings taken last summer most were successful. My local greenhouse had 'Chartreuse on the Loose', it's more of an open sprawly grower, though nice colors, gonna go now and take cuttings of it as well!

I need to replace my blue fescue grasses - the rabbits LOVE them. So I need small plants. What would you suggest? Cat's Pajamas? Little Trudy?

@vina538: I would go for Cat’s Pajamas. It has a more compact form, deeper flower color and has blooms from top to bottom of stems.

I believe 'Cats Pajamas' is pretty well the earliest of all to flower and just keeps on going, at least I've had no need to cut it back mid summer, others might do so depending on climate.

I haven't been snapping many photos, as Microsoft has glitched my photos with the last update that I always have to do a workaround to open them, there's just tooo much JUNK continuously being added to Windows 11 !! Anyways, it took until this year with plants being established that it become fully evident 'Cat's Pajamas' is heads above the others, dark foliage and stems and very free flowering! 'Purrsian Blue' I've been getting rid of, mmmm, that FrozeBudd is one tough cookie, lol .... actually, plants have been taking themselves out fast and furious with some type of stem blight, turns black and the plant dries up, I hope 'Cat's Pajamas' holds up as healthy, cause I want to be tucking them absolutely all over!

Hi @FrozeBudd_z3/4: Have you tried Cat’s Meow? I planted it last week, it seems very similar to Puursian Blue.

I love Cat’s Pajamas, but I need something taller to hide the horsetail!

'Cat's Meow", I do not have, 'Kitten Around', has been decent good, though does not get any much additional height. I think the UK has more of an array of taller varieties available to them.

Here’s a video showing a few varieties, for those who are interested: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iLJQFyxgx6k&t=33s&pp=ygUGTmVwZXRh

I thought you might all like to see an update on Neptune nepeta which is a real different variety.

Nepeta 'Souvenir d'Andre Chaudron' was fantastic at the Green Bay Botanical Garden. It's hard to tell, but the plants are about 3 feet tall.

Wow @noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) that is gorgeous. I also looked up some pics of the blooms close up and it's really cool. I'm going to keep an eye out for that one!

Yeah, that Nepeta 'Souvenir d'Andre Chaudron' is impressive, thanks for sharing those photos!

My little Nepeta Cat's Pajama's are making me happy, turned out to be a reliable perennial in my garden, blooming twice, even deals with some shade quite well.

A few years back had planted 'Whispurr Blue', which for whatever the reason only lasted two seasons before perishing, a shame cause really had liked the large showy blooms! Did have a few seedlings appear, one a blue that is a bit of a lanky thing that I'll pull, though this one is a keeper, apparently is very similar to 'Whispurr Pink' ... will be taking some cuttings to spread it around around the gardens.

Seedlings are interesting how they can vary from the parent plant, you never know what surprises they hold. This is a pretty one- never heard of Whispurr Blue until now. Do your cuttings root easily in water or do you have to use root hormone and soil? Love the Geranium mixed in with it in your photo!

Mazerolm-3a wow that video link comparing a few varieties is excellent- thanks for sharing that, I saved it to my Pinterest!

The one that consistently performs best for me is Walker’s Low Junior.

@Markay MD-Zone 7B - I haven't heard of that one. I want to try it!

Sue Hughes, cuttings are very easy, with larger more established plants, one can just pull up stems from the perimeter of the plant for which these often have roots attached. Otherwise, just remove stems or lateral stems and insert these into ProMix and tent over with plastic, no rooting hormone necessary.

@noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque), I got the name wrong. It is Walker Jr. It id a shorter version of Walker’s Low.

Thanks, Markay!
I have Walker’s Deep Blue, but in my garden it isn’t any darker and it doesn’t seem like it blooms as much as the regular Walker’s Low.

This year I also bought Cat's Meow and Chartreuse on the Loose.

@mazerolm_3a, I am hoping you can update this thread re your CotL that you planted last year.

@rouge: I’ve been very impressed with how vigorous Chartreuse on the Loose is! It’s low growing but forms such a dense mat that I think I will use it as a ground cover. It’s supposed to bloom continuously but did not in my garden.

I liked it so much that I bought 8 more plants this summer! :)

Appreciate the update @mazerolm_3a.

(I bought 3 this morning...but I cant keep up with you ;))

I do love nepetas!! 😆

UPDATE:

So I planted 3 of the "Chartreuse on the Loose" late last August after seeing the video and recommendation from @mazerolm_3a.

They easily made it through the winter as expected and are looking good for their first spring in the garden:

@rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) Hope they perform well for you! I have to say that although they are supposed to bloom constantly, it doesn’t happen here. I get one flush of blooms and that’s it.

I will let you know @mazerolm_3a :)

So am I seeing things ie my new "Chartreuse on the Loose" self seeds??

I planted it late in the summer lasts year and I am seeing many offspring now :(.

Have you seem simllarly @mazerolm_3a?

Maybe I said this before, so please pardon. Chicago BG gave Joanna Reed the highest rating. I only saw offered twice :,once at a now- closed nursery and once on line, no idea where. I have it, but it doesnt strike me as very special. i may be nepeta jaded. So many new releases that seem to rely on catchy names without clear comparisons of particular characteristics, such as a controlled field trial would provide. New trials merited because there are so many new releases.

I see Digging Dog offers it, along with a humorous squib about it.

@rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a): I’ve had it for two years and have not seen a single offspring. This is odd, I don’t even have mulch around it.

I enjoy my Cats Pajamas catmints...

@jim1961 Central Pennsylvania Zone 6a thst lookd like a great little plant.

I’ve had it for two years and have not seen a single offspring.

That is odd @mazerolm_3a as I have had many and it had only been in the ground since last August or September and it is producing plants with abandon. I did some more searching and yes self seeding is a "feature" of this particular variety.

See here (starting at 1 minute 30 seconds):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiN2KapDkk0

And I see another new chartreuse catmint from PW....LEMON PURRFECTION

https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/nepeta/lemon-purrfection-catmint-nepeta-hybrid

Hello @mazerolm_3a, here is my/"our" Chartreuse on the Loose (its first full season in the garden; planted last August 2025) and right now IMO I classify it is a tallish ground cover. It is definitely as @FrozeBudd_z3/4 put it, "a sprawly grower" ;).

Nice blue catmint flowers for sure in May but/and lots of foliage growth through the rest of the season. it has easily tripled in size this season.

And a month later. This nepeta grows so much in one season!

There is just enough ofa repeat flowering that I can say there is a rebloom:

(Just picked up on sale "Lemon Purrfection" nepeta)

Looking forward to seeing of the performance of 'Lemon Purrfection' ...

Over the pond, appears they have more selections of tall nepeta ideal for the mid border.

As I recall there doesnt seem to be many differences betwen "Chartreuses on the Loose" and "Lemon Purrfection" except that LP is advertised as being less wide than CotL. (But they do look very much the same).

Here are the 3 CotL back in mid May:

And here are the same three today, almost 4 months later:

I have to say that although they are supposed to bloom constantly, it doesn’t happen here. I get one flush of blooms and that’s it.

Good afternoon@mazerolm_3a. Are you seeing similarly this September as right now my 3 are having a pretty good rebloom (see the picture right above).