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Veterinarians Weigh In Starting From Seed If you live in zones 3 to 9, then you can sow catnip seeds outdoors between spring and late summer. Otherwise, starting them indoors is the better option.
Catnip is a tall herb, resembling mint, with grayish-green leaves and white flowers. Catnip can grow to be 50-100 centimeters tall which makes it the perfect feline companion.
If you have no room to grow catnip in your garden or if you want to keep your plant out of reach of prowling neighborhood felines, you can plant it in a hanging basket that is at least 10 inches deep.
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House Digest on MSNThe Easy-To-Grow Herb That'll Pull Double Duty As A Mosquito Repellent In Your Yard
Mosquitoes are not a welcome visitor to the backyard, and you may be looking for ways to keep them out. This easy-to-grow herb may be the solution you need.
(But don't worry, spider plants aren't toxic to animals.) Abstract: Catnip or catmint (Nepeta spp.) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) famed for its ability to attract cats.
Compounds laced into plants like silver vine and catnip might also help cats ward off mosquitoes, equipping them with a DIY pest repellent that’s far more fun to apply than a greasy coat of DEET.
One major difference between the plants, the team shows, is that peppermint’s compounds are formed by a single enzyme, whereas catnip chemicals are actually created in a two-step enzymatic process.
Brown said it was a "shock" to discover so much catnip growing in her yard. "I immediately thought about all the catnip plants around my yard and how I was buying catnip for six cats," she said.
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