Discover why nepeta is replacing lavender in cottage gardens, according to garden designers. It's resilient, forgiving, and ...

Catnip and catmint both belong to the genus Nepeta in the mint family. They both have square stems that are typical features of mint plants. And they each produce spikes of tiny, two-lipped flowers ...

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For those of you with cats, it's no secret that they love catnip. Whether they eat it or just roll around it, this herb is plain irresistible to our feline friends. We used to have to keep the pots of ...

Submitted photo Catnip, shown above, is good for attracting bees and butterflies to your garden. Not too long ago, I got my first cat, and it made me realize how much I still need to learn about cat ...

They thought it would draw cats to eat rats lurking around the house or farm. Yet recent evidence proves that cats may not be the only reason catmint is found around the foundations of old European ...

If the transition between your gravel path and the yard feels a bit too harsh, these herbs can create a smoother look and ...

The Perennial Plant Association has Catmint (Nepeta) ‘Walker’s Low’ as its 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year. ‘Walker’s Low’ is a versatile, hardy, herbaceous perennial that is terrific for edging, ...

This spring, I decided to grow some catnip in our herb garden. We had acquired some terracotta drain pipes off of Craigslist and had been using them as bottomless pots to house some of our more ...

Iridoids are plant secondary metabolites from the group of terpenes. Many plants produce these substances to defend themselves against herbivores or to protect themselves from pathogens, among these ...