FREE: 50 Persian Catmint Seeds

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Catmint

The whole plant is aromatic with a scent more complex than your typical European mints. Catmint is native to the Old World--Turkey and Iran--and is sometimes known as Persian catmint. Cats like it (beware: they might like it to death!) and mice don't. It gets its species name from a Russian count who "discovered" it in the Caucasus in 1801. It didn't repel the Russian Empire, but it does help repel bugs from plants it is set next to, such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, spinach, and roses, so it's a good companion plant for veggie gardens. It is also combined with garlic and tinctured to make a safe insecticide for plants, and together with lavender is sprinkled around chicken runs to help keep mice and rats out. A tea is made from the fresh leaves in a ratio of 1:1 boiling water and herb. Add honey and sip slowly as an aid to sweating out a cold or for unwinding and insomnia.