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Nepeta nuda

Nepeta nuda

£9.50 GBP
£9.50 GBP
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Plants are dispatched in growing condition and may not be in full flower. If too tall to pack safely, we may cut them back — this helps them establish more quickly. Read our Mail Order FAQs.

100% Peat Free Pollinator Friendly

Nepeta nuda is a tall, elegant catmint with an airy, naturalistic character. Slender spikes carry numerous tiny pale lilac flowers with a gentle aromatic scent, rising above blue-green foliage that contrasts with the plant's dark stems — a combination that works beautifully in informal or wildlife-friendly planting schemes.

At a metre tall it sits comfortably in the middle to back of a summer border, and it is more tolerant of difficult conditions than many catmints: it will perform in partial shade and cope with heavier soils, making it a genuinely useful choice if your garden runs to clay. Once established it is also drought-resistant, a low-maintenance asset in drier spots or gravel gardens.

Height × Spread: 100cm × 60cm

☀️ Sunlight Full sun, Partial shade
📅 Season of Interest Summer
🌸 Flower Colour Purple
🌿 Foliage Colour Grey green
🪏 Preferred Soil Type Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
💧 Soil Moisture Content Low
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Plant Notes

  • Care Guide:

    Grow in well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. After the first flush of flowers, cut back to keep the plant compact and encourage another display. Leave the old stems and foliage over winter to provide hibernation shelter for ladybirds, then cut back hard in spring as new growth emerges.

    Lift and divide large, established clumps in spring or autumn to rejuvenate them. To raise new plants, take softwood cuttings in early summer.

  • Good to Know:

    Pollinator-friendly. Drought-tolerant once established. Aromatic foliage.

    Some Nepeta attract cats, particularly catnip (Nepeta cataria). They may roll among the stems and chew the leaves, so young plants may need protection from their attention.