Plant Database
Dropmore Catmint
Nepeta ‘Dropmore’
Nepeta x faassenii 'Dropmore' is a vigorous, award-winning hybrid catmint prized for its exceptionally long blooming season, aromatic grey-green foliage, and profuse spikes of lavender-blue flowers. A Canadian hybrid bred to withstand harsh conditions, this hardy perennial forms a bushy, mounding clump of softly hairy, scalloped, heart-shaped leaves that release a pleasant, sweet fragrance when crushed . From late spring through early autumn, it produces an abundance of upright spikes of small, two-lipped, violet-blue flowers that are a magnet for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators . Exceptionally drought-tolerant once established, deer and rabbit resistant, and low-maintenance, it is an outstanding choice for sunny borders, cottage gardens, rock gardens, and mass plantings .