Catmint (Nepeta) Live Plant — photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Catmint (Nepeta) Live Plant — photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Catmint (Nepeta) Live Plant

Zones 3a–8bLive Plant
$8.00
$11.00
$8.00
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Catmint blooms lavender-blue for months, thrives on neglect and drought, and bees work it constantly while deer and rabbits leave it alone.
Catmint (Nepeta) Live Plant

Pot Size: 4" Pot
Quantity
Catmint (Nepeta) Live Plant — photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Catmint (Nepeta) Live Plant

$11.00 $8.00
Catmint (Nepeta) Live Plant — photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Perennials

Catmint (Nepeta) Live Plant

$11.00 $8.00
Pot Size: 4" Pot
Description

Catmint forms a soft gray-green mound that edges beds and walkways beautifully and reblooms strongly if you shear it back by about a third after the first flush fades. Varieties like 'Walker's Low' and 'Cat's Pajamas' stay tidier than the species. It is far more heat- and drought-proof than lavender, which makes it a better fit for Alabama summers. Shipped in a 4" Pot, well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.

Specifications
  • Mature size: 18-24 in tall and 24-36 in wide
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Hardiness USDA 3-8
  • Pet safety: Non-toxic to cats and dogs
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
Care Instructions
  • Light: Full sun
  • Water: Low - drought-tolerant once established
  • Soil: Insists on sharp drainage; lean, gritty soil produces the sturdiest plants.
  • Feeding: Skip fertilizer almost entirely - feeding makes catmint flop open in the middle.
Growing Zone

Hardy in zones 3a–8b. Outside that range it can still be grown in a container and overwintered indoors.

Full colour is zones 3a–8b, where this plant is hardy in the ground. Lower 48 shown — that's where we ship. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, via the PRISM Climate Group.

Questions & Answers

How big does it get?
18-24 in tall and 24-36 in wide

How much light does it need?
Full sun

Is it safe for pets?
Non-toxic to cats and dogs

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Shipping & Returns

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Low

Water to establish, then only through a real dry spell. Too much water kills these faster than too little.

Mature Size

1-3 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Border & Bed · Containers & Patio

Traits

  • Attracts PollinatorsOpen, shallow flowers with nectar a generalist bee can reach. These are the visitors that set fruit on everything else in the garden.
  • Deer ResistantDeer feed by scent first. Aromatic oils, fuzzy leaves and milky sap all read as "not food," so this gets browsed last — though a hungry herd in late winter will test anything.
  • FragrantVolatile oils released by warmth. Scent peaks in afternoon heat or at dusk depending on which pollinator the flower is built for.
  • Drought TolerantDeep or fleshy roots and less leaf surface let it ride out a dry spell once established. Established means a full season in the ground — year one it still needs water.
  • Good for ContainersCompact, fibrous roots that tolerate a confined pot. Container soil dries several times faster than a bed, so check it more often than you think you need to.

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