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Nepeta x faassenii (Cat Mint) - This is a mounding perennial with soft gray-green aromatic foliage. It reaches 1 to 2 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Lavender-blue flowers are displayed on spikes in the summer. Shearing off faded flowers to encourage more blooms is recommended.
Plant in full sun or part shade and water moderately. It is very hardy - surviving temperatures well below 0 degrees F - recommended to USDA Zones 3. Protect from frenzied felines first year after planting.
The hybrid name x faassenii is named for Dutch nurseryman J.H. Faassen who developed the first hybrids between Nepeta racemosa, native to the Caucasus, Turkey and northern Iran and Nepeta nepetella from the western and central Mediterranean region. The name for the genus is the Latin name for Catnip and comes from a reference to Nepete, an ancient Etruscan city in what is now Nepi in the Province of Viterbo in western Italy. We grew and sold this useful plant from 1992 to 2022 and from 1997 to 2006 we also grew the variety 'Six Hills Giant'.
The information displayed on this page about Nepeta x faassenii is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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