{"product_id":"cats-meow-catmint-72-cell-plug-tray","title":"Cat's Meow Catmint - 72-Cell Plug Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat's Meow is a catmint that stays neat and rounded all season instead of flopping open. From June into September, branching stems hold sky-blue spikes set in purple calyxes above small, fragrant, gray-green leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 17 to 20 inches tall and up to 3 feet wide, it fills the front to middle of a sunny border and is handsome in mass plantings. It is drought tolerant, easy to grow and ignored by deer and rabbits, while bees and butterflies work the flowers constantly. Cats may enjoy rolling in it too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort spikes of small, tubular, two-lipped flowers in sky blue sit on dusky purple calyxes, spaced along the upper portions of many well-branched stems. The leaves are small, oval to heart-shaped, gray-green, softly textured and scalloped along the edges. The plant forms a dense, rounded mound about 17 to 20 inches tall and 24 to 36 inches wide, keeping its shape without splitting open. At peak bloom the whole mound is covered in a soft blue-violet haze of spikes over gray-green leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatmint is one of lavender's best partners: it wants the same full sun and lean, well-drained soil, and its sky-blue haze blooms alongside lavender and keeps going after the lavender harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun in lean to average, well-drained soil; once established it handles dry spells with little extra water. Hardy in zones 3-8. Shear the plant back by about a third after the first big flush of bloom to tidy it and push a fresh round of flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nepeta × faassenii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sky blue with purple calyxes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gray-green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dense, rounded mound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17–20 in tall × 24–36 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3–8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne full 72-cell plug tray: 72 young starter plugs of this variety (cells about 1⅓ in. wide × 2½ in. deep), rooted and ready to pot up into quarts or gallons. Best for growers and nurseries. Potted plants and plug trays ship during our live-plant seasons, March 1–May 31 and October 1–November 30; June through September is local pickup only. Plugs, potted plants and trays do not ship to AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT or WA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"72-Cell Plug Tray","offer_id":67723939316008,"sku":"GLLF-PER-641D4C6C-72","price":489.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/cat-s-meow-catmint.jpg?v=1790864845","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/cats-meow-catmint-72-cell-plug-tray","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}