Nepeta faassenii
'Dropmore'
Planted in 2010. 'Dropmore' is lower, a compact nepeta. Don’t fertilize them, they get too tall in fertile soil. Shear back stems by a half after the first flowers open for compact growth and heavy rebloom.
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| 5/31/12 |
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| 6/5/12 |
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| 6/10/12 They create a sort of gateway, flanking an opening into the yard |
In 2013 the nepeta was showy and very purple.
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| 6/16/13 |
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| 6/18/13 |
I keep taking the same photo shots of this catmint, but it is reliably lovely each year.
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| 6/20/14 |
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| 7/6/15 |
In spring the catmint offers a soft blue haze at the front of the garden.
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| 6/14/15 |
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| 6/19/15 |
By late summer the hazy purple with blue tinged foliage repeats all the purple going on around it from a butterfly bush with bluish foliage, a big purple aster, garden phlox -- all a little too much purple I think!.
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| 9/28/15 |
Late in the season it dries and flops a bit, still looking soft as it browns.
