Recent Examples on the WebThroughout, there are large groupings of wild indigo, feathery amsonia hubrichtii, gray-green nepeta, pink echinacea, lavender, and amethyst allium millenium, as well as showy foxtail lilies, 4-foot-tall dahlias, verbascum, hollyhocks, and cosmos leading up to the house.—Jessica Dailey, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2020 One of her favorites to tuck around natives is nonnative perennial calamint Calamintha nepeta.—Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022 Shorter plants may be Lady’s Mantle, borage (with their startling blue flowers), nepeta (cat’s mint, not as enticing as catnip), woolly lamb’s ear or even moss roses.—Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 21 Mar. 2018
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