Catmint Blue Carpet Ground Cover

These violet blue spikes bloom all summer atop vigorous 10 inch plants that spread readily in any soil even those infertile dry spots where little else is happy.

Catmint blue carpet ground cover.

Dianthus is extremely hardy growing in both hot and cold climates. Favorite add to. The lovely blue green foliage forms a thick mat like cover in sunny and partially sunny spots. Nepeta blue wonder is a variety of catmint.

Another popular plant used in this way is nepeta. Soft crinkled gray green leaves on a short mounding plant. Catmint blue carpet plug flat 46 80 52 40 profuse blue blooms on spiky stems. Nepeta blue wonder is covered in sprays of 6 tall dark blue purple flower spikes beginning late spring and into the fall.

Favorite add to. The foliage is grey green 1 2 long scalloped and fragrant. One of the longest blooming ground cover in any garden. Catmint seeds blue carpet great groundcover perennial 50 seeds plantzones 4 19.

Big violet blue spikes begin the first year and just keep coming. Blue carpet catmint seeds the perennial ground cover that blooms like an annual. Other common names catmint blue carpet family lamiaceae genus nepeta can be annuals or more commonly perennials with paired usually aromatic leaves and terminal spikes or panicles of 2 lipped tubular flowers. Long blooming perennials such as the first two types discussed below are very useful to those of us seeking a continuous sequence of bloom in the garden.

Caribbeangarden 4 5 out of 5 stars 7 506 1 59. Promote late summer fall blooms by cutting back mid summer when blooms begin to fade. Depending on the variety plants are smothered with pink red white or lavender flowers. These plants quickly form a low growing mat that carpets the ground and reblooms year after year unlike many perennials blue carpet does not take a year or two to reach maturity and begin blooming.