How to Grow Cat Mint

Catmint is a great perennial herb to have growing in your garden! It has many uses and gives a gorgeous and aromatic vibe! This low maintenance plant is a must have!

Starting from Seed

Catmint has very tiny seeds that you can find once the flower has dried up. By pinching around the stem of the base of the dried up flower and pulling the flower off the stem you can collect the seeds. After collecting them for use, it is easy to tweezer out a couple for seed starting.

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The seeds can be started indoors in the spring, or they can be sowed directly into the dirt once there is no more signs of frost.

The catmint plant will bloom anywhere from late spring to summer to fall.

Growing your Catmint

Plant your catmint in full sun to partially shaded areas, with well drained soil. It is a fairly easy plant to take care of with regular watering.

Mulching around the plant after it has grown some and is more established, will help maintain moisture in the ground as well as keep weeds at bay. Deadheading your flowers once they are done will help encourage more flowering. Be sure to keep a fair amount of space in between your plants since they tend to grow out.

To help contain your catmint to one area, try planting your seeds and plants in a pot. Catmint is in the mint family after all and will spread out. The pot will help contain the plant into a generalized area.

Learn the difference between catmint & Catnip here!

Known companion Plants

• Rose
• Verbena
• Lavendar
• Yarrow
• Salvia

Uses for Catmint

Did you know that you can drink catmint? You can harvest its leaves and flowers and brew it for tea. The tea will serve you with many health benefits. Catmint tea is great for calming nerves and congestion, as well as relieving ones cough and menstrual cramps.

It has a minty taste and sweet fragrance to it and gives a calm and relaxing feel. Known to help reduce anxiety, relieve stress and help with insomnia with its mild sedative effect.

The fresh leaves from the catmint plant can also be added to salads for a sweet minty taste. They can also be dried using various techniques, for later use. Just be sure to store it in a dry area. Once dried, you can use the leaves as an herb to cook with.

The catmint also acts as a natural repellent. Try planting it in areas known for mosquitoes. You can also grow it alongside your vegetables to help ward off aphids and other known pests.

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