Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Fragrant |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Suitable Locations: | Bog gardening |
Uses: | Groundcover Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb Dried Flower Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual |
Dynamic Accumulator: | K (Potassium) Mg (Magnesium) |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Propagation: Seeds: | Other info: Some mints can be propagated by seed. Growth from seed can be unreliable for two reasons: mint seeds are highly variable and some varieties are sterile. |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Division Stolons and runners |
Containers: | Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger |
Parentage: | Mentha aquatica x Mentha spicata |
dragonfetti | On March 12, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event Not doing as well as the spearmint and chocolate mint but they were purchased from a different place. |
dragonfetti | On December 1, 2014 | Obtained plant Put in pond. |
variegatagal | On March 25, 2017 | Potted up |
variegatagal | On August 27, 2016 | Obtained plant Calloway's Nursery 1801 FM423, Little Elm, TX 75068 Windowsill planter |
tabbycat | On April 1, 2022 | Miscellaneous Event I protect & it grows so well in cooler weather so i have a hanging pot full. It will faint if not watered every other day which I do. Wonderful smell! |
tabbycat | On November 11, 2021 | Transplanted Was in a smaller hanging pot so planted in a regular size one. |
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