Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific Name: Nepeta x faassenii Limelight
Common Name: Limelight Catmint
| Description | A yellow foliage colored Catmint with blue flowers. Reported no to be as aggressive as many of the other Catmints. |
| Pronunciation | (NEP-eh-tuh)(fah-SEN-ee-eye) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | (5)6-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, on the dry side once established |
| Soil & Site | well drained |
| Flowers | 10 inch spikes of blue flowers |
| Leaves | yellow to lime green |
| Dimensions | 10 by 24 inches (HS), low growing |
| Propagation | division, cuttings |
| Author's Notes | To me the trick to growing Nepeta is full sun, average to dry soil and cut back hard after the plants bloom. Avoid shaded, moist, rich soils. |
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