Nepeta 'Snowflake'

Enjoy a summer flurry of frosty-white Nepeta 'Snowflake' flowers. With its plentiful spires of tubular flowers and neatly-arranged, aromatic, grey-green foliage, this white catmint is surely the top of any list for creating a tasteful and calming planting scheme. Those tightly-packed panicles of blooms are a delight for the eye, creating a striking cloud of silvery white when planted en-masse. Quite unusually for catmint, Nepeta 'Snowflake' will grow very happily in semi shade, as well as full sun—meaning the scope for planting combinations is almost endless. In a partially shaded nook it would partner perfectly with Astrantia 'Roma'. Or, if positioning in a sunny site, it would set off the gentle lavender tones of Perovskia 'Blue Spire' just beautifully. Either way, be sure to trim back the flower spikes of Nepeta racemosa 'Snowflake' in midsummer—to make way for a second flush later on!