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- Catnip - known varieties and insider tips
- The differences between gray and green-leaved varieties
- Well-known violet-flowering varieties
- Insider tips under the catnip
- Tips & Tricks
Catnip - known varieties and insider tips
The world of catnip can quickly be confusing for laymen. After all, there are numerous varieties that differ among others in terms of their flowering time, their flower color, their growth size, their location requirements and resilience. Here is an overview of the best varieties.
The differences between gray and green-leaved varieties
First, a distinction must be made between gray and green varieties. The gray-powdered varieties are more common and unassuming in their handling. They are considered to be extremely dry and heat tolerant and are excellent with nutrient-poor substrates. The low specimens below them are between 20 and 30 cm high. The larger specimens like to protrude up to 1 m in height.
In contrast, the green-leafy catnip are considered more difficult in dealing. They can not cope with southern exposure and heat. Likewise, they do not tolerate dry soil. They need it moist and prefer to grow in partial shade. They include, for example, the variety 'Manchu Blue', which blooms from May to June in a blue violet.
Well-known violet-flowering varieties
Catnip 'Superba' is probably the most robust variety. It is well proven and dates back to 1804. Its strengths are its enormously rich flower florets and their unpretentious mind. Already from April she presents her flowers.
Other varieties with violet flowers are:
Insider tips under the catnip
Varieties that are less well-known, but absolutely recommended for perennial beds, as they set pretty contrasts are the following:
Tips & Tricks
The best variety is 'Walkers Low'. It convinces with its colorful and many-colored flowers, which put the other varieties in the shade ...
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