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Lemon Purrfection Catmint - Bare Root Plant

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Bare root arrives dormant

Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Until then it can look lifeless, so you won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether it will grow.

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About the Product

Lemon Purrfection is a compact catmint with golden-yellow foliage that holds its color through summer heat. Lilac-blue flowers appear early in the season and keep coming without the plant needing to be cut back.

It forms a dense, polished mound about 10 to 12 inches tall, ideal for edging, containers and the front of the border. In partial shade the leaves shift toward chartreuse. Like other catmints, it is avoided by deer and rabbits and visited by bees and butterflies.

What it looks like

Leaves are small, oval to heart-shaped and scalloped, in a clear golden yellow that stays bright through summer. Short spikes of small, tubular lilac-blue flowers rise just above the foliage. The plant forms a dense, compact mound about 10 to 12 inches tall and 16 to 18 inches wide. At peak bloom the blue-violet flowers make a soft layer over a solid dome of gold leaves.

Growing it with lavender

Catmint is one of lavender's best partners: it wants the same full sun and lean, well-drained soil, and its lilac-blue haze blooms alongside lavender and keeps going after the lavender harvest.

Care

Plant in full sun in lean to average, well-drained soil and water only during long dry spells once established. Hardy in zones 3-8. It keeps flowering without being cut back, though a light trim in midsummer will neaten the mound.

At a glance

  • Botanical name: Nepeta
  • Flower color: Lavender-blue
  • Foliage: Golden yellow
  • Growth habit: Dense, compact mound
  • Mature size: 10–12 in tall × 16–18 in wide
  • USDA hardiness zones: 3–8
  • Light: full sun
  • Bloom start: Early-June
  • Peak bloom: Mid-June
  • Bloom pattern: Long Blooming
  • Deer resistance: Resistant
  • Pollinator value: Excellent

Sizes and shipping

Dormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.

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Mature height
12.0 in
Mature spread
18.0 in
Bloom
Early-June – peak Mid-June
Fragrance
Strong
Deer
Resistant

Lavender companion · grow guide

How to grow Lemon Purrfection

Catmint · Nepeta

Catmint is a tough, long-blooming perennial for full sun and well-drained soil. It shrugs off drought, heat and poor soil, and a midsummer shearing brings a second wave of blue flowers.

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Lemon Purrfection
  • Full sunLight
  • Low waterFast drainage
  • pH 6.0–8.0Soil
  • Zones 3a–8bHardiness
  • 12″ tall18″ wide
  • ResistantDeer · rabbits resistant
  • Mildly toxicPets
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Hardy in zones 3a–8b

Spring or early fall.

Dormant bare-root catmint as it arrives, laid on burlap

When it arrives

Your bare-root plant

Arrives as a dormant crown with fibrous roots and short stem stubs. Soak 30–60 minutes, plant with the crown at soil level and roots spread, then water once. Keep just moist until new leaves show.

Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Bare root ships March–May while dormant, with little or no top growth, and it can look lifeless until then. That’s normal. Small, gray-green leaves sprout from the crown in early to mid-spring. Old stems stay brown; look for new growth at the base.

You won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether a dormant plant will grow.

When to plant

Spring or early fall.

How deep

Set the crown at soil level, same depth as the plug or as the bare-root crown grew.

Spacing

18–36 inches depending on variety; large types spread 3 feet wide.

Soil

Average to lean, sandy or loamy · pH 6.0–8.0

Fix-it tip: Skip rich compost; lean soil keeps it compact. Loosen clay or plant on a slight rise so it doesn't sit wet.

Sun

Full sun (tolerates light part shade).

In shade it gets floppy and blooms less.

Dormant
New growth

Don’t give up on it

Is it alive? What spring looks like

Small, gray-green leaves sprout from the crown in early to mid-spring. Old stems stay brown; look for new growth at the base.

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