Purrsian Blue Catmint - 72-Cell Plug Tray

Purrsian Blue is a compact, tidy catmint that stays neatly rounded instead of sprawling. In its first year it forms a small, dense ball; by the second year it widens to just over 2 feet while staying 14 to 18 inches tall.

Flowers are set close together on the stems, so it blooms heavily: periwinkle blue in dark purple calyxes from early summer into early fall. It is low-maintenance, drought tolerant and deer and rabbit resistant, and it makes a good edging or container plant.

What it looks like

Small, tubular, two-lipped periwinkle-blue flowers sit in dark purple calyxes, packed closely along short spikes just above the foliage. The leaves are tiny, oval, green to gray-green and scalloped on densely branched stems. The plant forms a compact, rounded mound about 14 to 18 inches tall and 18 to 30 inches wide. At peak bloom the mound is solidly covered in blue-violet spikes.

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 periwinkle-blue haze blooms alongside lavender and keeps going after the lavender harvest.

Care

Plant 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.

At a glance

• Botanical name: Nepeta × faassenii
• Flower color: Periwinkle blue with dark purple calyxes
• Foliage: Green to gray-green
• Growth habit: Compact, rounded mound
• Mature size: 14–18 in tall × 18–30 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

One 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.