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Fri, Jun 3, 11 at 18:04
| I picked up a gorgeous Nepeta Walkers Low catmint super low priced ($8 for a 2-gal pot) this week and before I plant it, I want it to get all the room it needs to put on the best show. I've got a bed where it will get about a half day of full sun and a 30" x 36" space to fill. Will that give it enough room or does it need a bigger spot? I have one other place I could plant it where it will get full sun from noon to sundown & where it can get 6 ft. wide if it so chooses. Any/all advice/recommendations are welcome--I only want to plant it once. |
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- Posted by scottyboipdx 8 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 3, 11 at 18:43
| The max size seems to really be about 3'x3', so you should be good...if it flops too much in part-shade, you can always move it to the full-sun position next spring...they are very forgiving of being moved and if you cut them back after moving, they usually recover fairly well the same season. |
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- Posted by bumblebeez z7b Seneca SC (My Page) on Fri, Jun 3, 11 at 19:10
| Mine did much better in full, all day sun than in part shade. And I'm in the South. |
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| I agree. Half day sun might not be enough. It's a great plant. |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 5b/6a N CT (My Page) on Sat, Jun 4, 11 at 7:07
| Guess it's getting its own building lot then. Thanks for the replies all. It means digging out more plants but they were coming out anyway--two sea hollies I really don't like are going somewhere they won't be taking up a prime location, balloon flower and a few others that will get new homes. |
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| One of my favorite combinations is 'Walkers low', Tanacetum 'Isla gold' and a pink penstemon (perhaps 'Elfin pink') in bloom now. |
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| Walkers Low and Agastache Blue Fortune go with everything. Insofar as area, Walkers Low spreads in a good way. In a couple of years you'll have as many plants as you wish but easy to trim back. |
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- Posted by echinaceamaniac 7 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 5, 11 at 15:13
| I'm planting Walker's Low every where I can. I love it. I like to combine it and Russian Sage with Roses. |
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| The best thing about Nepeta is that cats love it. There are two types - the fastidious type, who sit down, groom their whiskers and then pick and choose one stem at a time and the the wahoo who leap into the clump and roll around. The end results are the same - they go nuts, running around, backflips, caterwauls etc. All this until they realize that they have an audience, then it's total reversion. Groom. |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 5b/6a N CT (My Page) on Sun, Jun 5, 11 at 19:20
| I planted it and altho' I don't grow roses, there's a peony growing behind and slightly to the right of it and I can plant some Russian sage near it as well. At the moment there's baptisia/false indigo a foot to the right, pink mallow in the rear and pink gaura/wandflower to the left but there's room for something between the nepeta and the wandflower. There's a daylily called 'Smokey Mountain Autumn' close to it as well as gaillardia 'Golden Goblin.' I just might have to get more nepeta--I'm really liking it and I've got a huge area of full sun that is ready for planting just waiting to be filled up. Thanks for sharing all the great suggestions & information! |
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| Gardenweed, are your pink Gaura doing well in your zone? I heard they are not as hardy as the white, but I really want some. |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 5b/6a N CT (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 11 at 6:39
| marya - I was worried they wouldn't come back, especially nursery-grown plants vs. winter sown plants, but am happy to report the pink ones are growing back lush and full and happy. Maybe the 8 ft. of snow we had insulated them from the extreme cold over the winter but if they survived last winter, I'm guessing they'll tough out whatever's ahead weatherwise. They're growing in full sun on the south side of my house. |
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