CATMINT

A hardy perennial, flowers first year from an early sowing. Cats love the scent of these. Dry the leaves for cat toys. Caution, they will lie on and chew plants in the border!

To Sow & Grow:

Sow indoors to flower the same year, 0.5cm (1/4) deep, in a tray of compost. A temperature of 15-20c (60-68F) is ideal. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-21 days. Transplant seedlings 5cm (2) apart to other trays when large enough to handle. Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions before planting out 30cm (1) apart, when frosts are over.

Or sow outdoors to flower the following year, in a seed bed, 0.5cm (1/4) deep, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. thin seedlings to 5cm (2) apart before planting out to flowering positions in autumn, spacing 30cm (1) apart.