| Description | Prelude Blue Catmint (Nepeta suPrelude Blue Catmint (Nepeta subsessile) is a robust herbaceous perennial that can grow over 2.5 feet tall and features violet-blue flowers. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, can tolerate drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | frost tolerant |
| Flowers | Tubular flowers are borne on a raceme, blue to violet shades, good pollinator |
| Fruit | nutlets |
| Leaves | mint-scented green foliage |
| Stems | square |
| Dimensions | 28-36 by 24-30 inches (HS) upright mounded growth form |
| Maintenance | After its bloom, the plant can be pruned back aggressively to stimulate new, compact growth and a smaller rebloom. |
| Propagation | PP31,901, cuttings, division |
| Cultivar Origin | Darwin Perennials |
| Misc Facts | Subsessile means the flowers have short stalks. |
| Notes & Reference | Darwin Perennials, #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences of growing Catmint |
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