If you are looking for English cottage garden plants, I do not think there is anything better than the scent and sight of catmint tumbling over walls or edging the garden path. With silver-green foliage, attractive perfume, and trumpet-like lilac blooms, catmint is a real performer, earning its place at the front of the garden border.
This aromatic flowering perennial is a favorite of mine, having grown catmint in several gardens where I have worked as a professional gardener. Catmint, or Nepeta, is one of those long-flowering plants that can add color and interest for much of the spring and summer, and with the right care, catmint will not fail to impress both gardeners and cats alike.
