Nepeta faassenii

Initially cushions with upright peduncles, later flat, dense mats, fast-growing.

20-40 cm tall.

Lavender-blue, labial flowers in whorls on panicle-like inflorescences with many flowers from May to September; sharply aromatic fragrance.

Usually decid green, sometimes semi-evergreen in favourable areas; slenderly elliptical, wrinkled, silvery grey shoots, later grey-green, penetrating aroma.

Sun, tolerates heat, likes warmth, mostly frost hardy.

Dry to fresh, sensitive to winter dampness, well-drained, chalky, sandy, gravelly or gravelly loam.

Cut back hard to just above ground after first flowering in June to increase flower production and give the plants an especially compact habit.

II-III