plush lush

I have a num­ber of plants in the gar­den that reseed one year to the next, things like alyssum, vio­las, Cal­i­for­nia pop­pies, some orna­men­tal grasses, as well as the let­tuces that I’ve writ­ten about. Another of these hardy reseed­ers is catnip.

A mem­ber of the mint fam­ily, it can get ram­bunc­tious in moister cli­mates where it spreads eas­ily by seed. For­tu­nately, unlike many other plants in the mint fam­ily, for me it doesn’t spread by under­ground run­ners. Each year I can count on two to a half-dozen new seedlings each year in seem­ingly ran­dom loca­tions through­out the yard. Any­thing that comes up where it’s not wel­come is an easy tug to remove.

catnippingThis year I’ve iden­ti­fied two cat­nip plants in the gar­den so far. Both were start­ing to gain stature until Scooter got into one of them last week­end. For­tu­nately they have that mint gene that helps them bounce back after a thor­ough chew­ing. Now I’m won­der­ing whether cat­nip needs to be a fed­er­ally con­trolled sub­stance…

catnipping

catnipping

 

July 10 2008 04:18 am | Categories: my garden | Tags: •

2 Responses to “plush lush”

  1. Greg on 10 Jul 2008 at 6:27 am #

    Well, prob­a­bly it doesn’t need to be con­trolled (and good luck!), unless you find that Scooter’s cat-jacking cars and sleep­ing around.

    It *is* a gate­way plant, tho, so keep a care­ful eye on him!

    ; )

  2. Apapsstiseek on 02 Aug 2008 at 4:17 pm #

    Tahnks for posting

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