Catnip now adorns numerous perennial beds in parks and gardens. In addition to their appearance, many people already appreciate their ability to deal with dry periods. But how can this delicate perennial be combined with other plants and show off beautifully?
Which plants go well with catnip?
To successfully combine catnip with other plants, choose plant partners that are also sunny and prefer poor soil. Popular combinations include floribunda roses, yarrow, torch lilies, lavender, Indian nettle, delphinium, ornamental sage or girl's eye.
What factors should you consider when combining catnip?
If you would like to let catnip interact with other plants, you should first consider the following factors:
- Flower color: white, purple, pink or blue
- Flowering time: May to September
- Location requirements: sunny, permeable and nutrient-poor soil
- Growth height: up to 150 cm
The low varieties of catnip are best combined with other small plants. The specimens, which reach heights of up to 150 cm, are suitable for equally large plants.
It is recommended to choose plant partners who also feel comfortable in full sun. They should also prefer barren soils.
The different flower colors that catnip can produce can usually be easily combined with those of other plants. Consider whether you would rather create a calm or tense overall image.
Combine catnip in the bed or in the pot
Catnip takes hearts by storm when it can ensnare the right companion plants. Since she doesn't like to push herself into the foreground, preferring to play a supporting role, she is particularly suited to sensational flowering plants. Catnip has the ability to showcase other plants even more spectacularly. You can either place them in the middle or use them to border beds. Almost every color harmonizes with it.
The following candidates blend in quite magically next to the catnip:
- Roses
- Indian nettle
- larkspur
- ornamental sage
- Torch Lilies
- Yarrow
- Girl's Eye
- Lavender
Combine catnip with floribunda
The most popular combination is the interaction of catnip and roses such as floribunda. The height of growth is similar and the location requirements match each other. Place purple catnips next to white floribunda roses for a flatteringly romantic ensemble. The duo appears more playful: purple catnip and yellow or apricot-colored floribunda.
Combine catnip with yarrow
Yarrow, like catnip, can cope well with drought and heat. The two quickly become friends. But the look of this combination is also convincing. Yellow yarrow can cheer up a bored catnip.
Combine catnip with torch lilies
If you think torch lilies are difficult to combine, consider planting catnip in your neighborhood. Thanks to the catnip, the torch lily retains its rank, but is pleasantly underlined. What the torch lily lacks in filigree and lightness, catnip makes up for.
Combine catnip as a bouquet in the vase
Catnip can add that certain something to almost any bouquet of flowers. For example, pink and white dahlias are wonderfully surrounded by it. You can also conjure up the color play of violet, pink and white with bluebells. A few grasses in between complete the arrangement perfectly. Other combinations and color creations from catnip and summer bloomers are also gorgeous.
- Dahlias
- Bluebells
- Roses
- Ornamental grasses such as riding grass, hare's tail grass or feather grass
- woman's coat
- Gypsophila
