Nepeta

Easy-care, drought-tolerant perennial with a long season of bloom.

Ideal for low-maintenance plantings, Nepeta (also called Catmint) is adaptable, hardy and drought tolerant once established. Producing shrubby bounds of aromatic, gray-green foliage topped by flowers in late spring, it makes a great stand in for lavender for those who find that plant tricky in their area. Blooming continues almost continuously all summer into fall if spent flower stalks are cut back.