Two (More) Nepeta Chartreuse On the Loose - May 2026

Last year, I planted three Nepetas that were new (to me) named Chartreuse on the Loose down near the pizza oven in our backyard.  By Summertime, they had grown-in and were re-blooming.  In that post from July 2025, I wrote:

I've mentioned that I need to continue to remind myself to add more of WHAT IS WORKING instead of adding net-new stuff. But, these are both a reminder that sometimes new things can be great. But, now that I see them working, I have put them in the category of 'more of this plant because it is working'....

Repetition comes into play here, too. A few pops of this - along with my other 'backbone plants' (Hakonechloa, Alliums, Astilbes and Stachys) create that idea of 'repetition' - leading to...you guessed it: increased legibility.

I also wrote (earlier this year) in my 2026 to-do list a few items worth referencing right now: #4 - Plant up the Pizza Oven Bed and #15 - Stay focused by using the concept of Repetition vs. new.  

With that in mind, when I came across some small quarts of Chartreuse on the Loose Nepeta (Catmint), at the nursery, I grabbed them.  Below are photos of the tags:

The foliage is part of the show with this variety (in addition to the re-blooming nature):

Below is a look at the existing drift (on the left) and the holes that I dug for these two new ones (on the right) up against the timber retaining wall.  

Here they are planted in the ground.  The drift on the left is made of two similar, quart-sized plants from last year, so my expectation is that by Summer, these will fill-in a lot of that (currently) empty space.  

After mulch was added, the bed continues to SCREAM for more plants. #3 on my to-do list is to finish up this edit and add depth with a couple of things:  grasses and Stachys.  And maybe some annuals.