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Catmint and soil
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Sun, May 4, 14 at 17:30
| Hi everyone, this spring I built a raised garden bed for roses, and I heard that catmint was a good companion plant, so I planted some Walkers Low in front of my roses. It gets 6+ hours of good sun, but is not yet blooming. I would not worry, except that my neighbor's catmint is in full bloom. Hers was planted last year. It is only May 4th. I am in Birmingham, Alabama, by the way. While doing research, I read that catmint does not like real fertile soil. To please my roses, I amended the soil with garden soil from the nursery and black kow manure. Do you think the catmint does not like the more fertilized soil?? Again, I would not worry if it were not for my neighbor's catmint going to town. Any ideas? |
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RE: Catmint and soil
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| Different catmints bloom at different times. Walker's Low isn't an early type. Maybe your neighbor's are. |
RE: Catmint and soil
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| Give it some time - it may bloom late due to being newly planted. I have catmint planted in my regular perennial beds along with roses and it has done fine over several years. It is more likely to flop if it is too fertile and perhaps may be more susceptible to foliage diseases, but it wouldn't prevent bloom IME. |
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| I agree with the others. Even if it is the same variety, I would not consider recently transplanted potted plants to follow the same cycle and timeframe as plants that have been around for at least 1 growing season. |
RE: Catmint and soil
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| Personally, I prefer the way catmint looks in leaner dry soil. it can get pretty tall & bushy in good soil, some people like that OK but after the bloom period it looks best when its lower growing, more like a tight ground cover & bluer. It just depends on your personal taste. Mine hasn't bloomed yet either. |
RE: Catmint and soil
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| Thanks everyone! I will give it time and see what happens. I do feel better. |
RE: Catmint and soil
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| I have many herbs - catmint included growing in gravel along my pathways. That, thyme, dill and peppermint seem to not even need soil! Also they are very drought- tolerant. |
RE: Catmint and soil
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| I've got Catmint growing the edge of my "xeric" garden, which is a dry bed in the southwest corner of the yard and close to the sidewalk. It is partly-mostly sunny and the soil is somewhat lean. This bed rarely gets watered, only if I recently planted something, or seedlings, or we have a serious drought and just to keep plants alive. The catmint does really well under such conditions, so I save the more fertile beds for perennials that don't (which would be most of them). Just checked that bed out today and the 'Junior Walker' is blooming a little! |
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