Before I realized how invasive mint could be, I planted it in my garden. By year 3 it had taken over a huge area and I would try every year to hand pull to get rid of a large portion. My neighbors enjoyed that as it fragranced the air. I finally had to remove almost everything from that garden section to get rid of it. But I really like it, so did as I found some suggestions, and planted some in an approximately 2-gallon size pot. Like Greene above mentioned, I failed to give a haircut, and I had escapees from the pot from layering (the stems laying over the side of the pot and rooting in the ground). So I moved to a very large pot, probably 6-7 gallons, about 30" tall and the pot is sitting on the bare ground. And guess what . . . I guess because we had an extrememly cold winter, the dang blasted stuff grew downwards, and escaped out of the large drain holes through that winter and I once again had mint growing in the ground. However, I've done better about keeping it maintained. If I pull it right away, it doesn't get as out-of-control.
