• Nepeta × faassenii spilling over a stone pathway at the front of a garden border, showing its low spreading habit and lilac-blue flowers
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Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants

Nepeta × faassenii

Nepeta × faassenii

£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 × faassenii produces a low, spreading mound of soft grey-green aromatic foliage smothered in small lilac-blue flowers throughout summer. Few plants work harder at the front of a border.

Particularly useful for underplanting roses, where its relaxed habit softens hard edges and its flowers complement almost any colour scheme. It is equally at home carpeting the ground along pathways, edging a formal border, or spilling through a gravel garden. Cut back hard after the first flush of flowers and it will bounce back quickly with a fresh wave of blooms. Thrives in free-draining soil in full sun.

Height × Spread: 30cm × 60cm

☀️ Sunlight Full sun
📅 Season of Interest Summer, Autumn
🌸 Flower Colour Blue
🌿 Foliage Colour Grey green
🪏 Preferred Soil Type Clay, Chalky, Sandy, Loamy
💧 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.