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Catmint blue carpet ground cover.
Big violet blue spikes begin the first year and just keep coming.
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.
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.
Blue carpet catmint seeds the perennial ground cover that blooms like an annual.
Another popular plant used in this way is nepeta.
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.
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While catnip is the most famous type of catmint plant there are numerous other kinds in many cases gardeners grow these other varieties simply because they look great in the garden.
In late spring plants produce 6 8 inch flowering spikes with an abundance of 2 lipped tubular lavender blue flowers over an extended time making this plant a useful addition to the sunny border.
Catmint blue carpet plug flat 46 80 52 40 profuse blue blooms on spiky stems.
Soft crinkled gray green leaves on a short mounding plant.
Catmint seeds blue carpet great groundcover perennial 50 seeds plantzones 4 19.
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One of the longest blooming ground cover in any garden.
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.
Nepeta blue wonder is a variety of catmint.
The foliage is grey green 1 2 long scalloped and fragrant.
The small crinkly green grey leaves are short growing aromatic and lightly toothed.
Nepeta blue wonder is covered in sprays of 6 tall dark blue purple flower spikes beginning late spring and into the fall.
The lovely blue green foliage forms a thick mat like cover in sunny and partially sunny spots.