Originally posted by catcrazylady
Is it hard to grow?
Are you kidding, it grows like a weed!!!

My mom has a plant and whenever she came down she would bring me some fresh catnip for T & P. One time, after a rain, she pulled up a piece of it - root and all - and brought it down. Well, it was probably two weeks later before I finally stuck it in the ground. I said "Well, if it grows it grows, if it doesn't oh well." and now I have to keep cutting it back or the seeds would fly everywhere and I'd have an entire backyard of nothing but catnip! The only think I do to it is water it when it starts wilting. I have it in a pot and that is where T & P immediately head when I let them outside.

I was wondering what the difference is between catnip and cat mint. The lady that does the landscaping for our complex said we should put some cat mint in our flower bed out front. Well, after seeing how huge it gets, I think I'll be taking a pass. We don't have near enough room for a plant that big.

The kitties all look like they're sooo happy mom finally got the "real" thing for them.