Adding Catmint to My Garden
- Ashley Qurollo
- Jun 9
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 11
June 9, 2025
Hi friends! This week I am going to try something a little different. Instead of one longer, essay-type blog post (where I wax on and on), I want to share some practical ideas for around the home. In a few mini posts, I am going to share some projects that are taking place right here at home, and I hope these posts will be an inspiration and encouragement to you.
Today’s post is all about catmint—a plant I have had my eye on for years…literally. I first heard about catmint on Pine and Prospect Home, and Andrea sings its praises for its beauty and versatility. She said she’s even divided it up and spread the plant around her yard. Now that’s my kind of plant—get it started and then have an “infinite” gardening supply.
***Please kindly note, I’m not a professional gardener or botanist. I’m just sharing the basic knowledge I’ve found by reading plant labels and from quick internet searches.
Here’s what I have read about catmint so far and what I already love about it:
It’s hardy.
It’s deer and bunny tolerant (perfect for our yard which adjoins a large swath of woods).
It’s low maintenance/drought and heat tolerant (what I really need here in SC!).
It’s easy to divide/propagate.
It spreads…oh glorious day! I love plants that s p r e a d o u t.
For years I have looked for this plant in Lowes and could not find it (the problem may have been me…). For a while I wondered if catnip was the same plant, but nope, catmint and catnip are different. I do believe cats like both plants though.
This year at our local Lowes, I saw this plant labeled “Cat’s Meow/Nepeta Faassenii.” Now I have no idea what the “Nepeta faassenii” means, but I did ask Mr. Google if Cat’s Meow is the same as catmint, and the answer was yes. On the Proven Winners website it says “Cat’s Meow/ Catmint,” so I’m assuming I’m on target with plant type here.
Anyways, I tucked my 3 catmint plants in a raised bed and am hoping that they quickly grow. If the plants do well, next year I will divide them and move them all around my yard and garden areas.
A note about adding new plants to your garden…
It’s easy to bring a baby plant home from the nursery and then expect it to perform like a well-established adult. But just like it takes time for a tiny human to grow and develop, it takes new plants time to get used to their environment and start flourishing. By trial and lots of error, I have found that it takes new plants several growing seasons to really flourish. So give your new baby plants lots of love and nourishment, and have a little patience for them to grow.
I hope you enjoyed this quick post! Happy gardening!
-Ashley
P.S. Keep your eye out for another blog post later this week...
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As the author of Ashley Qurollo Blog, all opinions are my own. Any possible applications are universal in nature, not directed at any one individual or people group. My sincere desire is to help others by sharing what I am learning. Nothing stated on this blog is ever intended to hurt others. Ashley Qurollo, owner of Ashley Qurollo Blog and Website, is not held liable in any way for any application of the ideas and thoughts stated here.
Thanks for sharing this before I went shopping this week! I was in need of four or five perennials for a sunny garden spot, and when I saw catmint as one of the options available at our local nursery, I grabbed it right away!