Cat nip

[ummmm]

Where does it grow naturally?

[wildwood]

Asia-Europe. You can easily grow it yourself, but access for your cat should be restricted. You can also use it as a tea. Google for Nepeta cataria.

[boxtops]

Tea? Blimey. I'm not fond of highly-scented teas!

My cat gets high as a kite at just a whiff of the stuff - all our plants are either eaten or sat on.

[Smowball]

Is if for yourself ummm? : )

[rowanwitch]

a few nurseries sell the plants but they are easy enough from seed thompson and morgan sell it.After starting the seeds on a windowsill in a closed room I used to grow mine under an upturned hanging basket well pegged down with tent pegs The local cats used to queue up for it and it got big enough with protection to pick some for drying.
http://www.gumtree.co...ree-postage/103558479

Make sure it is definitely Nepeta cataria though as the other catnips don't have the active drug for ***

[boxtops]

*** ?

[rowanwitch]

another word for cats..... flippin swear filter makes no allowance for context

Did you like your holy lineage BTW

[ummmm]

I don't want any....lol

The cat appeared to be trollied yesterday so I was wondering if it grew wild. I suppose someone else could have it in their garden.

[rowanwitch]

quite possibly its an attractive plant If I had a cat and a garden I'd always grow it ..

[ummmm]

I bought him some catnip once. I didn't like what it done to him.

[rowanwitch]

Its great they go daft and roll around a bit fall asleep and wake up with a hangover and the munchies....

[tamborine]

I've got lemon smelling going mad here, I use it when baking fish. If you want, I could send you a root but is invasive.

[tamborine]

ooops, you dont want it :(

[rowanwitch]

the lemon one makes good tea but is less attractive to cats

[RATTER15]

lol

[ummmm]

He acted like he was on speed.

If I planted it Tambo the rabbits would eat it.

[ummmm]

lol Ratter....bunch of druggies.

[rowanwitch]

its supposed to be very good for them though our cats lived to 18, 19,and nearly 20 and my mums to 21 and 23 and they had it regularly. I think it helps with their aches and pains as they get older as they tended to just eat it and go to sleep.

[tamborine]

my place runs alive with rabbits - they dont touch it, they only eat freshly mown lawn

[ummmm]

Maybe I should give him another go. I'm probably being a fussy mummy.

Do you want my rabbits tambo. They've ate the door off my press!!

[tamborine]

mine are wild rabbits, I dont want pets. 'Course you can chuck 'em in my fields, others do.