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Catnip
Catnip
Nepeta cataria
Catnip, also known as cat mint, is a delicious perennial herb to have in the garden. Your cats will love it (as mine do), but it's also great as a sleepy time tea or as a soothing tea for colds. Apparently it also repels mice and rats - perhaps because of all the cat attention it receives.
It is originally native to the Mediterranean basin, but naturalized throughout Europe and Turtle Island for a long time now.
It is a perennial in Zones 3 and up.
50 seeds per pack.
Seed starting:
Sow indoors 4 weeks before last frost. Scatter the seed on moist soil, barely covering the soil, and use a mister to water the seed. Transplant outside once the seedlings are 1-2 inches tall. ALTERNATIVELY / MORE EASILY : scatter seeds directly in garden before last frost, or scatter in garden in the fall before winter and cover lightly.
We live and garden on ancestral territory of Algonquin Anishnaabeg People, forever territory of wild fauna & flora, cultivated lands of Irish and French settlers, and now beloved home of the junco seeds family (humans, chickens, dogs, sheep and cats)