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Tall stems of purple and violet Nepeta Mussinii - Catmint by Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden bloom densely with green foliage, a cloudy sky backdrop, and a bee among the blossoms, evoking classic English cottage garden charm.
Tall stems of purple and violet Nepeta Mussinii - Catmint by Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden bloom densely with green foliage, a cloudy sky backdrop, and a bee among the blossoms, evoking classic English cottage garden charm.
Nepeta Mussinii - Catmint by Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden blooms purple in the foreground, with a blurred garden path, green shrubs, and trees—creating an idyllic English cottage garden scene. Ideal for growing from seeds.
Tall stems of Nepeta Mussinii - Catmint from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden feature clustered purple-lavender blooms and green foliage, creating a picturesque display for an English cottage garden.

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Selected by our team at Bishy Barnabees · Reg. No. 8067

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250 seeds

Perennial

Nepeta Mussinii - Catmint

The Easy Lavender -- a Hardy Perennial producing endless soft lavender-blue flower spikes above a low tumbling mound of silver-grey aromatic foliage; faster to establish, more soil-tolerant, and easier from seed than lavender but providing the same classic blue-haze cottage garden look; surface sow at 15-20°C with light; flowers in year one from an early sowing; cut back hard after the first flush for a second wave in August-September; classic at the feet of roses; RHS Plants for Pollinators; virtually impossible to kill by pruning

Height 30-45cm
Spread 60cm
Spacing 30cm

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Destinations UK only

Every seed in our range has been chosen by the team at Salle Moor Hall Farm, Reepham, Norfolk — where we grow, dry and harvest flowers throughout the season. We select for performance, reliability and beauty in UK cottage garden conditions.

Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd · Defra/APHA Authorised Seed Merchant · Reg. No. 8067

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RHS Plants for Pollinators

RHS Plants for Pollinators

This plant has been assessed by the Royal Horticultural Society and recommended as especially beneficial to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Growing plants like this directly supports UK pollinator populations — something close to our hearts at Salle Moor Hall Farm, where we see the difference a cottage garden full of the right plants can make.

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