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Underplanting

Using Nepeta to Hide Rose Knees

Roses underplanted with Nepeta

Roses underplanted with Nepeta

Marie Iannotti
A classic use for Nepeta is in underplanting roses. Many roses get tall and gangly, exposing ugly knees. Nepeta covers the knees without covering the rose blooms. Nepeta's small, gray foliage generally gets lost in a blur, with just the complementary blue flower spikes in view, to blend with the rose flowers.

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