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spinbaby

(15,210 posts) Thu May 5, 2022, 10:49 AM May 2022

I have catmint volunteers

A couple of years ago, I planted Purrsian Blue catmint, which I like because it’s a neat plant that blooms all summer and also because cats don’t bother it like they do with catnip. This year it’s blessed me with a crop of volunteers. What I can’t get a straight answer for when I googled is, are Purrsian Blue volunteers from seed true, or will I wind up with some gangly mess of a plant? I’m never one to turn down free plants, but have also been disappointed by volunteers in the past.

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I have catmint volunteers (Original Post) spinbaby May 2022 OP

This article from MO Botanical Garden said its supposed to be a sterile hybrid. Ziggysmom May 2022 #1

They are indeed seedlings, not runners spinbaby May 2022 #2

Ziggysmom

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1. This article from MO Botanical Garden said its supposed to be a sterile hybrid.

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2022, 04:56 PM

May 2022

Nepeta × faassenii is a sterile hybrid (N. racemosa × N. nepetella) perennial catmint of horticultural origin (Dutch nursery of J. H. Faassen). It typically forms a spreading clump of decumbent, ascending and upright stems rising to 18-24” tall and spreading to as much as 36” wide. Gray-green leaves and lavender-blue flowers are highly aromatic.

Wonder if you have that exact hybrid or something related? Are they indeed seedlings and not from any underground runners? It's a really beautiful plant 😊

https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=298756&isprofile=1&gen=Nepeta

spinbaby

(15,210 posts)

2. They are indeed seedlings, not runners

Reply to Ziggysmom (Reply #1)

Sat May 14, 2022, 09:32 AM

May 2022

I transplanted some to the back 40, so we’ll see how they do.

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