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Catmint
(Nepeta mussini)
Catmint contains nepetalactone that gives cats a pleasant mind altering
experience and adds a soft misty blue effect to herb and cottage borders.
Excellent ground cover for a hot spot. Spreading perennial with lavender
blue flowers from spring to autumn.
Plant
50cm apart
Height to 30cm
Full sun
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Catnip
(Nepeta cataria)
Dual purpose herb - sniffing the leaves makes cats high and humans can
benefit from a mint flavoured tea made from the fresh leaves relieves
stomach upsets, flatulence and colic. Produces white flowers in summer.
Cut back hard after flowering finishes.
Plant
40cm apart
Height to 75cm
Full sun
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Chocolate
Mint (Mentha piperita var.)
Chocolate Mint combines the uplifting aroma of peppermint with the earthy
irresistible aroma of chocolate. Great for making chocolate mint sauce,
as a garnish to desserts, cakes and cool drinks or in using fresh leaves
for an uplifting herbal tea. Spreading prostrate perennial.
Plant
60cm apart
Full sun
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Vietnamese
Mint (Polygonum odoratum)
With a Cilantro Coriander aroma the flavour is that of Coriander with
a strong peppery aftertaste. Use milder young leaves sparingly at first.
Good for Stirfry, Curry, Soup, Prawns and Salads.
Plant
60cm apart
Height to 50cm
Full sun
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Pineapple
Sage (Salvia rutilans)
Produces red flowers from summer through to autumn with sweet nectar
and pineapple flavour. Add to sorbets, fruit salads, fruit compotes,
salads, desserts, flans. Brew fresh leaves of Pineapple Sage as an
ingredient to herbal teas. Prune hard in late winter to shape.
Plant 100cm
apart
Height to 130cm
Full sun
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Catgrass
(Dactylis glomerate)
May assist if your cat is missing minerals and vitamins in its diet.
Primarily used for fur ball elimination which is assisted when cats
eat Cat Grass. Especially when cats are house bound.
Suitable
for growing on the windowsill and in the garden.
Plant
25cm apart
Full sun
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Curry
Plant (Helichrysum angustifolium)
Adds curry flavour to dishes with short cooking times. Looses its flavour
with prolonged cooking. One of the most reliable silvery foliaged plants
in the landscape. Perennial that can be pruned to shape.
Plant
60cm apart
Height to 60cm
Full sun
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