'Cat's Meow' Catmint (Nepeta faassenii)

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'Cat's Meow' Catmint (Nepeta faassenii)

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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Height 17-20 in.
Spread 24-36 in.
Zones 3 4 5 6 7 8
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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)

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