Which will Win Out? Catmint or Snow in the Summer

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Posted by mary_max 5 (My Page) on

Mon, Jun 2, 14 at 18:59

I have an area that I want covered with ground cover. I have catmint that is very aggressive and Snow in Summer. Curious which one you think will win out. I think they might look good mingling together. Your thoughts? Thanks

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Posted by davids10 7a (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 2, 14 at 23:24

cerastium hands down

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Posted by nhbabs z4b-5a NH (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 3, 14 at 0:10

That's funny, David, since I was going to say the catmint. I have to beat back my catmint which grows vigorously, roots where stems touch down, and seeds modestly, but smothers everything it grows near. In my garden the Snow in Summer/Cerastium doesn't get tall enough to emerge from under the Catmint/Nepeta which makes a 3'x3'x2' tall mound before it starts stem rooting and seeding. Cerastium always sort of faded out in the summer here, though it would return in the spring. I guess it's differences in climate and soil.

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Posted by eclecticcottage 6b wny (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 3, 14 at 21:18

I vote for snow in summer.

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Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 7, 14 at 6:31

I was going to say catmint too. I've had both and the Snow in Summer lost a lot of it's foliage after winter here and looked so scraggly that I took it out.

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Posted by mary_max 5 (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 30, 14 at 19:55

Well so far it is the Snow in Summer ! I was going to let them mingle together but remembered the catmint dies out in winter while the snow in summer does not. So that would not look very good. But the snow in summer is winning out over the catmint. Amazing!

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