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Catnip Common

24-36" mound of gray-green toothed foliage topped by soft lavender flowers in July through September. Make tea from fresh or dried leaves. Stuff cat toys. Said to deter flea beetles from vegetable gardens. Perennial.

Grow in part shade in average, well-drained soil. Leaves are most fragrant in the sunlight.

Nepeta cataria