Lemon Catmint ,FLOWERS Seeds

Lemon Catnip (Nepeta Cataria) - Start Catnip seeds and grow this attractive plant for your garden that attracts beneficial insects. The blue flowers are rich in nectar and attract honey bees. The plant is slightly smaller than other varieties and is better behaved. Nepeta plants can be somewhat sprawling and floppy, so don't hesitate to trim them back a few times during the growing season to neaten them up and encourage more blooms. These herbs can be grown for teas and have a calming effect. Growing Lemon Catnip is a wonderful way to bring a lemony scent to your landscape or garden, and it's a reliable plant giving years of pleasure. Start these flower seeds indoors in late winter for transplanting out after frosts have passed.

A sister variety to the common catmint with a similar habit, but this form has the difference of white flowers and lemon scented foliage. It is a hardy plant which will survive normal winter
conditions outside. Excellent in herb pots and to create that aromatic spot in the garden.The plant is slightly smaller than other varieties of Catmint and is better behaved.
With aromatic oval grey-green toothed leaves, The white flowers have a light purplish cast to them and sometimes have darker purple spots. Easy to grow from seed, it does well in dry soils and light shade, or full sun and will bloom the first year,
just 5 to 7 weeks after germination. The new basal foliage in the autumn is very scented. Lemon catnip can be used for herbal teas. It also makes a good companion plant in organic gardens, where the leaves deter aphids, and the flowers attract
beneficial insects: a magnet for butterflies, hummingbirds and especially bees. Cats adore the scent.

Catnip plants can be somewhat sprawling and floppy, so don't hesitate to trim them back a few times during the growing season to neaten them up and encourage more blooms. Lemon Catnip herbs can be grown for teas and have a calming effect.
Growing Lemon Catnip is a wonderful way to bring a lemony scent to your landscape or garden, and it's a reliable plant giving years of pleasure. Start these flower seeds indoors in late winter for transplanting out after frosts have passed.

Flower Specifications
Season: Perennial
USDA Zones: 3 - 8
Height: 18 inches
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: White
Environment: Full sun
Soil Type: Well-drained, pH 6.1 - 7.8

Planting Directions
Temperature: 60 - 70F
Average Germ Time: 7 - 14 days
Light Required: Yes
Depth: 1/8 inch
Sowing Rate: 2 - 3 seeds per plant
Moisture: Keep moist until germination
Plant Spacing: Rows 18 inches a part; thin seedlings 12 inches