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Is this Mint or a Weed?
Here is another plant that I found after cleaning out my overgrown, former herb bed. According to PlantNet, this is Cat-Mint. I think I planted Catnip years ago, but don't recall planting any mint. I am thinking this may be a weed but I did not pull it on the chance it is something good.
Again, Thanks in advance
Again, Thanks in advance
ralitaco- Posts : 1314
Join date : 2010-04-04
Location : Southport , NC
Re: Is this Mint or a Weed?
That looks like Catnip, which is a member of the Mint family. I make sure not to allow it around any of my raised beds since the neighborhood cats love to roll in it. We made a mistake of planting a couple plants of it in the flower bed under the Birch trees, and it now has taken over the entire bed.
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Is this Mint or a Weed?
Thank you OG. I believe I planted some of that at one point. For some reason I thought catnip grew more like a grass.
ralitaco- Posts : 1314
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Re: Is this Mint or a Weed?
You may be thinking of cat grass (oat grass or wheat grass). I think cat mint and catnip are the same thing, but I could be wrong. You can always tell a mint by its stem -- mint stems are square.ralitaco wrote:Thank you OG. I believe I planted some of that at one point. For some reason I thought catnip grew more like a grass.
Re: Is this Mint or a Weed?
I thought cat mint and cat nip might have been the same thing.countrynaturals wrote:You may be thinking of cat grass (oat grass or wheat grass). I think cat mint and catnip are the same thing, but I could be wrong. You can always tell a mint by its stem -- mint stems are square.
I definitely had no idea that mint stems were square - WOW!!!
ralitaco- Posts : 1314
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Re: Is this Mint or a Weed?
Agree, and if it’s in the ground it is very invasive in my experience.
Scorpio Rising- Posts : 8737
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Re: Is this Mint or a Weed?
Thank you both. It is not in the ground, but I may pull it anyway.
ralitaco- Posts : 1314
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