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Learn how to grow catmint including information on growing different varieties. Listen to Podcast: podcast transcript Nepeta x faassenii   Other Name Dwarf catnip   Sun Requirements Full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Late spring to mid summer in colors of blue, white, and violet. It can rebloom in fall   Mature Height x Spread 12 to 16 inches x 1 to 3 feet   Added Benefits attract beneficials, attracts hummingbirds, drought tolerant, deer resistant   This cool weather loving, perennial flower most commonly...

Learn how to grow centurea or mountain bluet. Listen to podcast: This late spring blooming perennial flower has been looking beautiful this year. It goes by a number of common names such as mountain bluet, perennial bachelor's buttons, and corn flower. I know it mostly by its botanical name, Centaurea montana. This European native is popular in English cottage gardens and across our region. It produces blue, white, or burgundy colored, spider-like blooms. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall and can flop over, so is best grown in groups and caged to...

Listen to this podcast about caring for and growing chelone or turtle's head perennial flowers.   I used to own a camp with a swimming pond in the Northeast Kingdom. I remember in late summer swimming in the pond and admiring these plants growing along the pond edge. They were 2- to 3-feet tall with rounded stems, deep green, boldly veined leaves and white or pink flower on the top of the stems. The flowers reminded me of an animal's head. Do you know the animal I'm talking about? Yes, it was chelone or turtle head. You don't have to...