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Question regarding catnip vs catmint
We've got a huge catmint plant in the garden. Ringo likes to lay down in it,
and fall fast asleep. He definately feels that this is HIS plant and if any cat goes wandering through our yard (we have several acres of lawn very far from any street, but we do have neighbors with cats) he can't wait to chase them away so he can then lay back down in the catmint. What I want to know is, is catmint the same thing as catnip, which I know is also in the mint family? Catmint smells and tastes like mint, but it looks like catnip. What's the difference? |
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"animzmirot" wrote in message ... We've got a huge catmint plant in the garden. Ringo likes to lay down in it, and fall fast asleep. He definately feels that this is HIS plant and if any cat goes wandering through our yard (we have several acres of lawn very far from any street, but we do have neighbors with cats) he can't wait to chase them away so he can then lay back down in the catmint. What I want to know is, is catmint the same thing as catnip, which I know is also in the mint family? Catmint smells and tastes like mint, but it looks like catnip. What's the difference? Cat*nip* is nepeta cataria. Cat*mint* is nepeta musseni, or sometimes nepeta fasseni. Same genus, but different species. Catmint is usually a lot more decorative in the garden, and many different hybrid cultivars exist. Catnip is a true species plant that comes true from seed. It's pretty invasive really, when it comes to self sowing. Some cats like both plants, some neither. Catnip has the stronger scented leaves and is the ones that cats tend to respond more strongly to. |
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I think they are 2 different plants. I have both. For some reason my cat
loves the catmint....chews on the leaves. He's not as interested in the catnip as catmint. He loves dried catnip....I wonder if fresh catnip is not as appealing for cats as dried. S. "animzmirot" wrote in message ... We've got a huge catmint plant in the garden. Ringo likes to lay down in it, and fall fast asleep. He definately feels that this is HIS plant and if any cat goes wandering through our yard (we have several acres of lawn very far from any street, but we do have neighbors with cats) he can't wait to chase them away so he can then lay back down in the catmint. What I want to know is, is catmint the same thing as catnip, which I know is also in the mint family? Catmint smells and tastes like mint, but it looks like catnip. What's the difference? |
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