Herb Mint

The ideal homemade mint sauce is hard to beat! Add to boiled new potatoes and peas, make mint jelly or garnish summer drinks. Growing mint plants is so easy and this aromatic herb plant has a multitude of culinary uses. This vigorous perennial is best planted in a container to control its spread. Height: 30cm (12″). Spread: 100cm (39″).

How to Grow

Grow mint on any well drained soil in full sun or partial shade at a distance of 30cm (12″) apart. Alternatively grow mint in containers to control its vigorous growth.

More Info

Once established mint requires little aftercare. Harvest mint leaves before the flowers develop and use them fresh, dried or frozen. Cut back the old stems in autumn and repot container-grown plants annually in spring.