Name: 'Cat's Meow' Catmint (Nepeta faassenii)
Brand: Proven Winners
SKU: NEPPRW1027103-17
Price: 28.04 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Please Note: Our Ships Now perennials will currently ship dormant. The foliage and blooms begin to brown and die back. We provide a hard trim in the greenhouse to support this process. During dormancy, plants go inactive to conserve their energy for the next growing season. This happens naturally as seasons change!

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All Ships Now Annuals and Indoor Plant shipment has been temporarily paused due to upcoming cold temperatures. All Perennials, Shrubs, and Hardgoods will ship next day Monday-Friday by 2pm ET. All Preorders ship during selected Ship Week.

Height 17-20 in.

Spread 24-36 in.

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2025 Proven Winners National Landscape Perennial of the Year®

Meet the “cat’s meow” of your garden—Nepeta 'Cat's Meow'! Unlike other Nepetas with a wild, untamed look, this standout selection maintains a tidy, dense, and rounded shape all season long. Its small, grey-green aromatic leaves are topped with well-branched stems bearing spikes of sky-blue flowers accented with purple calyxes, blooming from early summer into early fall. ‘Cat’s Meow’ offers everything today’s gardeners crave: a low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, deer-resistant perennial that stays gorgeous all season long. Perfect for effortless beauty, this plant is sure to be the star of your garden!

17-20 inches tall and 24-36 inches wide at maturity
Hardy in zones 3-8, be sure to check your USDA zone to ensure success
Plant in full sun (6+ hours daily)
Space plants 24-36 inches apart for best results
Produces fragrant, blue-purple flower spikes summer through fall
Maintains fragrant green foliage spring to frost
Great for borders, containers, cut flower, landscapes, mass planting
Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, Resists deer and rabbits
Heat tolerant, drought tolerant, long blooming

Care: Fertilize with Proven Winners Continuous Release Plant food in spring and mid-summer. Shearing the plant back in the springtime will promote more compact growth. In addition, cutting plants back by half after their first bloom tends to stimulate a second bloom cycle.

Shipping Info:

Enjoy free shipping on orders over $75
Size at shipping varies by the season and plant
- Quart perennials are 5-8" tall at shipment
- 0.65 Gallon perennials are 6-12" tall at shipment 
- 1 Gallon perennials are 6-24" tall at shipment
Perennials shipped Nov-Apr will arrive dormant; perennials shipped Apr-Oct will arrive green or in bloom

Read our guide to get started with planning a garden

Features

Attracts Pollinators
Drought Tolerant
Heat Tolerant

Characteristics

Height: 17-20 in.
Spread: 24-36 in.
Habit: Mounded
Light Requirements: Full Sun (6+ Hours)