How to tend a Nepeta cataria
Also known as: Nepeta americana Vitman, Nepeta bodinieri Vaniot, Nepeta ceretana Sennen, Nepeta citriodora (Dumoulin ex Lej.) Dumort., Nepeta laurentii Sennen, Nepeta macrura Ledeb. ex Spreng., Nepeta minor Mill., Nepeta mollis Salisb., Nepeta ruderalis Boiss., Nepeta tomentosa Vitman, Nepeta vulgaris Lam., Calamintha albiflora Vaniot, Nepeta cataria var. citriodora Dumoulin ex Lej., Cataria tomentosa Gilib., Cataria vulgaris Gaterau, Glechoma cataria (L.) Kuntze, Glechoma macrura (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Kuntze, Nepeta cataria var. canescens Sennen, Nepeta cataria f. laurentii (Sennen) Font Quer
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Not resistant to drought, water thoroughly when soil is dry, water thoroughly when soil is dry, water every day in summer, every 2-3 days in other seasons
Sunlight
Long-day plant, likes adequate sunshine, shade properly under summer noon strong light
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Need more fertilization, apply once every 10 days with nitrogen liquid fertilizers
Pruning
Remove old diseased and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Asia
- Category
- Labiatae, Mentha
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠10 cm
- Blooming period
- Vanilla plants, flowering period July-September
- Flower colors
- Leaf color green, flower color light purple, white, pink
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