Chartreuse On The Loose Nepeta - Summertime Re-Bloomer - July 2025

Earlier this year, I planted three small quart-sized nursery containers of a new (to me) nepeta named 'Chartreuse on The Loose'.  It is an interesting variety that has a unique color foliage (lime green), habit (trailing) and maintenance needs (it doesn't require deadheading to re-bloom).  Right away, one of the plants was eaten-up by the (dang!) rabbits.  But the other two seemed to do just fine.  

Look back at this planting post in early May when the three small plants were just that:  small.  Lots of mulch showing between them.  

Today?  They've made a drift with no gaps in between them at all.   See below for the current state of these trailing/spreading catmint perennials:

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.