Reliable colour in the garden
5
Each year I buy more nepeta. It's the most reliable form of colour in my shady garden.
SBLondon
London
Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
catnip
2 litre pot
within 4 weeks
This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June to September
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Deep violet to lilac-blue summer flowers and aromatic mid-green leaves. This violet-lilac catmint makes excellent, long-flowering, groundcover for a sunny border. Clipped back after the first flush in June, it flowers through to early autumn. Useful as an informal, scented edge for paths as, when trodden on, the foliage releases a pleasant aroma. - Garden care: Lift and divide large clumps in spring, replanting divided specimens with lots of well-rotted organic matter.
Goes well with
I have been very pleased with Walker's Low. Fortunately it
5
I have been very pleased with your service.
Claire
Gloucestershire
It is long-flowering, lovely smell and the bees love it!
5
This is a plant that I will always have in my garden as it is attractive, long-flowering, fragrant smell and the bees are drawn to it.
Caz
Cornwall
A cat's and my delight
5
This was a well grown beautiful plant which I grew by the edge of the patio wall so I could brush my hands on it to capture the scent. I love it. Unfortunately although I have grown catnip before and neighbouring cats have never bothered with it - here our neighbours don't even have cats - and yet by autumn one had appeared that just loved to roll in it so I ended up trying to protect it with short sticks. So if you want to give a cat a treat this is the one!
Soleil
Mid Wales
Beautiful blue
5
Bees love it and it's long flowering.
Composter
Thanet
Would buy again
4
Mixes well with all colours in the border. Not as big as some nepetas, so good for smaller borders. I grow on chalk soil in the South, so has been fully hardy in my garden. Long flowering season, but can cut back after first flowering to give another flush of flowers later in the season.
Daisymay
Dorset
3261
4.8
6
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- 2006 Planting Chelsea Flower Show enquiry Hi, I see you have plants available for the current show, but do you have a plant list for the 2006 award winner (Daily Telegraph,Tom Stuart Smith) available as I am interested in buying some of these plants? Thank you for your time, Kelly
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kelly mackenzie
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Hello Kelly, He did use a lot of plants in his garden - here is a list which includes most. Allium Purple Sensation Anthriscus Ravens Wing Aquilegia Ruby Port Astrantia Claret Carex testacea Cirsium rivulare atropurpureum Dahlia Dark Desire Euphorbia Fireglow Geranium Lily Lovell Geranium phaeum Samobor Geranium Phillipe Valpelle Geranium psilostemmon Geum Princess Juliana Gillenia trifoliata Hakonechloa macra Iris Dusky Challenger Iris Dutch Chocolate Iris Sultan's Palace Iris Superstition Iris Supreme Sultan Knautia macedonica Lavandula angustifolia Nepeta subsessilis Washfield Nepeta Walkers low Purple fennel - Giant Bronze Rodgersia pinnata Superba Rodgersia podophylla Salvia Mainacht Sedum matrona Stachys byzantina Stipa arundinacea (syn.Anemanthele lessoniana) Stipa gigantea Tulip Abu Hassan Tulip Ballerina Tulip Queen of Night Verbascum Helen Johnston I hope this helps. Helen Plant Doctor
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