Walker's Low Catmint (Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low')
Nepeta rass-ih-MOE-sah 'Walker's Low'

Deciduous Perennial Mounded in the Lamiaceae Family
 
Buy Walker's Low Catmint
Size Notes Price Availability
#1 gallon Field

Blooming (9/22)

 $8.38 Likely available
1/24 - 4/4
#1 gallon Field $11.27 Likely available
1/24 - 4/4
38 Flat Field $88.35 Likely available
1/24 - 4/4
Tray of 10 4" pots Field $51.15 Likely available
1/24 - 4/4
Tray of 6 #1 gallons Field

Retail ready (9/13)

 $65.10 Likely available
1/24 - 4/4

The famous, award-winning catmint - 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year - with a long season of lavender-blue flowers over a vigorous, sprawling mound.

'Walker's Low' is the best-known catmint cultivar, a selection of Nepeta racemosa named 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. It forms a vigorous, sprawling mound of aromatic gray-green foliage covered in lavender-blue flower spikes from early summer well into fall, and despite its name, it is not a low-growing plant - 'Walker's Low' refers to a garden in England, not its height.

Pros

  • Award-winning, extensively field-tested performance
  • Very long bloom season
  • Extremely drought-tolerant once established
  • Attracts bees and butterflies

Cons

  • Vigorous, sprawling habit needs room or a mid-season shearing to stay tidy
  • Can self-seed in favorable conditions
 

Plant Data

Mature Size 18 - 24 inches tall. 18 - 24 inches wide.
Sun Exposure Full Sun - Full Sun
Moisture Tolerance Medium
Zones 3a - 8b (Usually hardy to -40° F)
Tags Attracts Bees, Attracts Beneficial Insects, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Attracts Pollinators, Container, Deciduous, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Extended Bloom Time, Filler, Formal Garden, Fragrant, Fragrant Foliage, Full Sun, Good for Beginners, Good for Borders, Good for Butterfly Garden, Good for Cottage Garden, Good for Cut Flowers, Good for Mass Planting, Good for Rock Garden, Groundcover, Low Maintenance, Medium, Most Popular, Mounded, Naturalizing, Normal Soil, Perennial, Perennial Plant of the Year, Prairie Garden, Rabbit Resistant, Reblooms, Showy Flowers, Tolerant of Moist Soil, Well-Drained Soil
Bloom Period June - September
Flower Color Lavender Blue
Foliage Color
 

Awards
 

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Commonly Planted with...

Lavender, Echinacea, Salvia, Black-eyed Susan, Bee Balm, Coneflower, Sedum, Catmint, Coreopsis, and Yarrow.

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Moonshine Yarrow, Little Moonshine Yarrow, Strawberry Seduction Yarrow, Sunny Seduction Yarrow, Summer Beauty Allium, Queen Of The Prairie, Ballerina Cranesbill, Leichtlin's Lily, Calypso Shrub Rose, Forever & Ever Lemon Fizz Kolorscape Shrub Rose, Flower Carpet Pink Supreme Groundcover Rose, Flower Carpet Floribunda Rose, Blue Hill Woodland Sage, Rose Marvel Woodland Sage, Wesuwe Sage, Rose Rhapsody Hybrid Sage, Soft Cloud Stonecrop, Thundercloud Stonecrop, Petite Jenny Ragged Robin,
 
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Pricing and Availability History

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Past Availability
2025 : 04/03 - 10/04
2024 : 05/01 - 10/05
2023 : 04/13 - 09/30

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