Nepeta × faassenii 'Purrsian Blue'

Easily grown in in dry, average to medium, well-drained soils from full sun to part shade. Prefers cool, moist soils and in the North, plants can be sited in full sun. In the heat of summer in the South, plant Nepeta in light afternoon shade. Plant can be cut back before first flowering to promote compact size. To have continuous bloom, shear spent flowers after first bloom.

Like ‘Cat’s Meow’, this selection shares an improved tidy habit, though it is a bit smaller and more compact in size overall. In its first year, ‘Purrsian Blue’ forms a small, perfectly rounded, densely branched clump of tiny, green leaves. In year two, the plant maintains its compact mounding habit but nearly doubles its spread to just over two feet across.

This is a very floriferous selection whose flower power is amplified by its having its flowers spaced closely together on the stems. Periwinkle blue flowers are coddled by dark purple calyxes just above the aromatic foliage from early summer into early fall. ‘Purrisan Blue’ has everything today’s gardeners are looking for: a low maintenance, drought tolerant, deer resistant, long blooming perennial that looks great all season. When Nepeta's stems are broken, they release an aroma into the air that tends to attract cats, thus its common name, Catmint. -Walter's Gardens

This plant is great for planting along the garden edge in rock gardens, herb gardens, and cottage gardens, Nepeta 'Purrsian Blue' is also a great scale for container plantings.