Why You Should Grow Nepeta

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Looking for a perennial plant that blooms long and looks gorgeous in the flower garden? Here are 7 reasons you should grow nepeta this year.

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It's an easy-care, low maintenance perennial plant.

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Pollinators love nepeta

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Once established, it's a drought-tolerant plant.

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Nepeta is deer and rabbit resistant

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It's got fragrant foliage

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Nepeta has a long bloom time. You can even get a second set if you cut it back halfway after the first set of blooms fade.

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And it also keep the bugs like mosquitos and flies away.

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Follow along to learn more about growing growing nepeta.

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