Catmint
Nepeta × faassenii
The lavender-blue edging perennial sold as ‘Walker’s Low’ and similar. Grown for landscape bloom more than tea. Cats may or may not care; catnip is the stronger feline plant.
GROW → HARVEST → EAT → DRY → POWDER → CAPSULE → GUMMY — forms are not equivalent. Food first.
Identity
What it is
The lavender-blue edging perennial sold as ‘Walker’s Low’ and similar. Grown for landscape bloom more than tea. Cats may or may not care; catnip is the stronger feline plant.
From the existing encyclopedia
Catmint has a long folk history; modern aaaLifetime pages focus on food-grade pantry use, not treatment claims. Cross-link pantry planning with v1 kits on the store page when this item appears in a bundle. Pairs well with garlic, onion, and black pepper in savory dishes. When substituting dried Catmint for fresh, use about one-third the volume and bloom in fat or hot water before adding acid or dairy.
Edible portions
- leaves in small culinary amounts
Absence of a portion from this list means it is not treated as food here — not that every other part is toxic.
Growing
- Climate. 4–8
- Light. Full sun
- Soil. Well-drained; drought tolerant
- Planting. Division or cuttings; shear after first flush.
Preparation and culinary uses
- Occasional leaf in mixed herb teas — milder than catnip
Next steps
Sources
- USDA PLANTS Database — taxonomy and range (verify current entries)
- No USDA FoodData Central nutrient profile is attached here. That is not a claim that the plant contains no nutrients.
- State cooperative extension growing guides — verify for your region
- Integrated from the existing aaaLifetime / quantum-biohack encyclopedia corpus (unique text preserved where it was not boilerplate).
Honest incompleteness is preferred to fabricated completeness. If a section is missing, no record for it is attached here — not a claim that the plant lacks that characteristic, and not that it was omitted as a secret.
Internal quality class A. Strong page: distinctive plant facts plus practical growing or kitchen use.