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Buy Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
Also Known As
- Nepeta 'Walker's Low'
- Nepeta 'Walkers Low'
- Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low'
- Catmint
- Catnip
- Walkers Low Catmint
Plant type
perennial, groundcover
size
- H: 15"-36"
- W: 24"-36"
planting zones
- 4a-9b
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Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' plant details
Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' is a fast-growing broadleaf deciduous perennial groundcover with blue and green foliage. In spring and summer blue and lavender flowers emerge. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant, humidity tolerant and seaside / salt tolerant.
CHARACTERISTICS OF Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
- Plant type: perennial groundcover
- Plant family: lamiaceae
- Foliage: deciduous blue and green
- Mature size: 24 IN - 36 IN - wide, 15 IN - 36 IN - tall
- Flowers: blue and lavender blooms in spring and summer
- Uses: border plant, compact, container plant, cutting garden, easy-to-grow, fragrant, fragrant foliage, mounding, rock garden
GROWING CONDITIONS for Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
- USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
- Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
- Watering frequency: regular - low
- Resistant to: deer and rabbit, heat, humidity and seaside / salt
- Soil needs: average, gritty and well-drained
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Nursery contributed plant descriptions
It’s not always about new and snazzy. Sometimes you want a tried and true performer. Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ was the Perennial Plant Association’s Perennial Plant of the Year for 2007 for good reason. This excellent mounding border perennial has grey-green, aromatic foliage topped from June to September with a plethora of soft lavender-blue flowers. Great for the english garden look, the herb, butterfly or dry gardens. Named for the English garden Walker's Low and not a reference to its height.
This is a beautiful plant with a confusing name! The 'Low' is for a place in England not the plants growth habit. This is a wonderfully versatile drought-tolerant perennial reaching about 30" in height. Soft, grey-green foliage contrasts perfectly with the prolific lavender-blue flowers. After the spring flush of blooms shear this plant back for a second set of blossoms. A perfect choice for Xeriscape, Mediterranean, pollinator or fragrant landscapes; easy-care and deer/rabbit resistant too. S/M-D/GDr
By: Forestfarm
Vigorous Catmint with aromatic silvery foliage creates arching mounds 18-24” high and wide; dark lavender blue flowers late spring to summer; great pollinator plant! Deer and critter resistant. Full sun, drought tolerant, cut back for repeat bloom.
Zn 5. Gray-green foliage with purple flowers
With periwinkle-blue flower spikes all summer amongst a fragrant cloud of gray-green foliage, 'Walker's Low' will attract both hummingbirds and butterflies. It will cascade beautifully over an edge, be it a wall or pot, function as a taller ground cover or try it in a mass planting for a billowy effect. It's most content with regular watering especially in summer, but with age can become fairly drought-tolerant. 2.5 T x 3' W
Minimum temperature: -20?F
Prolific lavender-blue flowers bloom from spring to fall above silvery aromatic foliage. Very long-blooming. A carefree, mounding sprawler with bright grey-green leaves and soft lavender flowers. Great for underplanting rose bushes or to extend your bloom time in the perennial garden. Growth Rate fast
By: Garden World
A mound forming, densely clumping, woody rootstocked, evergreen perennial, extremely tolerant of dry soils and exposure. Whorls of rich blue-mauve flowers, held along slender stems, are borne profusely throughout the warmer months. Cut to the ground anytime it is looking tatty and you will quickly be rewarded with a new crop of the heart shaped, toothed, grey green leaves.A superior plant, of better colour and habit than N. faassenii which we no longer bother growing.A garden staple.
By: Zephs
Spreading form to 2' across holding deep lavender-blue flowers from May to September and maintaining a clean appearance throughout the season. Cut plants back in August for repeat blooming in fall. Hardy to 0F.
By: Native Sons
15" compact grey mounds of foliage, with lavender-blue blossoms over a long season beginning in June.
By: Avant Gardens
Easy, tough, and durable perennial that doubles as "catnip” for your feline friends with soft, furry foliage and abundant spikes of blue-purple flowers all summer long. Low-growing in clumps, eventually up to 2' tall and 3' wide but easily trimmed to smaller size. Sun to part shade in well-drained soil; tolerates drought once established. Excellent choice near sidewalks and on walls or that difficult parking strip. Frost hardy to - upper USDA zone 5.
By: Cistus Nursery
One of the good Catmints that will bloom from May until frost provided a light trim is given to the lilac blue flowers once they fade on the arching aromatic gray-green stems. Pretty darned easy to grow. Good drainage, not much fertilizer, pretty drought and deer tolerant.
By: Far Reaches Farm
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Gardening facts about Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' plant
How to Grow Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
Sun Exposure
- sun - mostly sun
Water Needs
- regular - drought tolerant
Soil Needs
- average
- well-drained
- gritty
Special Situation
- heat tolerant
- humidity tolerant
- seaside / salt tolerant
Features
Foliage Color
- green
- blue
Flower Color
- blue
- lavender
Wildlife
- bees
- butterflies
- hummingbirds
- deer resistant
- rabbit resistant
Flower Season
- summer
- spring
Foliage Season
- deciduous
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- sun
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- sun - mostly sun
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