| Description | A naturalized wildflower. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dry once established |
| Soil & Site | average, dry |
| Flowers | white with purple spots, borne spike-like terminal clusters, early through most of July in my garden |
| Fruit | nutlets |
| Leaves | gray green leaves, aromatic |
| Stems | square |
| Roots | taproot |
| Dimensions | 2-3 by 2-3 plus feet (HS) |
| Maintenance | will self seed sometimes profusely, shear back after bloom, dead head before the seeds are shed to help slow down reseeding |
| Propagation | seeds, division |
| Native Site | native to Europe, has naturalized in USA |
| Misc Facts | Nepeta Latin for aromatic plant. |
| Author's Notes | I have had this plant in my garden for over 3 years (as of 2014). Ones growing in full sun have reached over the 3 by 3 foot mark. |
| Notes & Reference | #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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