Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’

This is the catmint featured in the English coffee table gardening books. We grow it in front of a stone wall in a bed which is never watered. It is a mainstay of the gardens surrounding our home. Its lovely grey leaves set off lax sprays of ethereal, hazy lavender blue flowers. Its first flush of flowers is from early November into summer. We cut it to the ground just after Christmas, even though it is still quite presentable, to produce another fine display during late summer and through the autumn. 80cm x 85cm.