Catnip

Hi Jo Some love it, and others are not affected at all by it

Mine wait for it to appear out of the ground in spring, as it dies back in winter. One will eat bits as soon they pop up, so I cage it to protect it. Agree some aren't turned on by it.

Wish I could grow catnip as I really love it.
Unfortunately our back garden is a cat loo and I don't need any more felines drawn in.

Sad really as have always had it in previous gardens and it reminds me of happy days.

Next door's little tabby spent hours snoozing on top of our catnip in a state of bliss. Our own tabby wasn't so keen. His drug of preference was something emitted by pears. I caught him snuzzling and drooling in the fruit bowl one day.

Hahaha Nell. Drooling in the fruit bowl. ???

A previous cat of mine loved catnip he used to appear quite loopy after rolling around in it. He also liked catnip spray and bubbles. Strange creatures.

Our cat likes catnip but I didn't know we could grow it.

Liz it's a small perennial called Nepeta, various types. You can get it in garden centres, it dies off in winter and grows up again in Spring.

Thank you seacliff.

Mine was always about 40cms tall at a guess. (16 inches).
It looks a bit like lavender from a distance (not close up) though more fluffy.

It's a lovely plant and there are various types, not all attract cats.

I've never had a cat that reacted to it and over the years I've had 8 cats.

It certainly doesn't smell pleasant if I sniff it, but some of my cats are hooked on it.

Some of our cats have gone loopy over cat nip, others seem unaffected by it. The garden plant, I believe it’s only one type that attracts cats, though I don’t know which one that is. We once had a enormous cat nip plant and one of our cats spent the entire summer all googley-eyed by its effect. ?‍?

Speaking of fruits , my son couldn’t understand why their peaches kept going off so quickly until the day he discovered their kitten sitting in the fruit bowl kneading away at the fruit. On closer inspection, the peaches were perforated with tiny holes from her claws.

You can buy a cat nip spray from the pet shop for about a fiver. I made some crocheted mice for my grandson's cat.I sprayed them liberally and they were very well received!