Growing catnip (Nepeta cataria), a perennial plant, from seed is pretty straightforward, and it can be a huge benefit to your garden, even if you don’t have a green thumb. It’s perfect for any herb ...

Perennial catmint has many benefits for the garden: it's hardy, looks pretty, attracts pollinators, and smells nice. Know ...

A perennial herb sometimes used in medicinal teas, catnip plant is most well known for the intoxicating effect it has on cats. “The smell can trigger strange behavior patterns. Some of these behaviors ...

For many cats, a mere whiff of catnip can send them into a licking, rolling, plant-shredding frenzy. Masao Miyazaki, a biologist at Iwate University in Morioka, Japan, and his colleagues analyzed the ...

This spring, I decided to grow some catnip in our herb garden. We had acquired some terracotta drain pipes off of Craigslist and had been using them as bottomless pots to house some of our more ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I grow heaps of catnip in my garden, so when I read new research that suggests the plant's oil is as effective at repelling ...

A member of the mint family, this perennial can bloom across three seasons, ending in fall. When spaced tightly together, ...

Watching a cat react to catnip is to seemingly watch a cat react to a recreational drug. It makes some cats chill and others incredibly stimulated. Why this plant affects cats so powerfully is newly ...

Cats enjoy simple pleasures like bird murder and sitting in squares, but nothing beats getting laced with catnip. The latter is the focus of a study published Monday in Nature Chemical Biology, which ...

This spring, I decided to grow some catnip in our herb garden. We had acquired some terracotta drain pipes off of Craigslist and had been using them as bottomless pots to house some of our more ...