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mint Mint Mentha spicata

How to sow mint: Direct seed indoors or outside

Sun requirement for mint: Plant in Partial Sun

Mint has been planted 1 time by Growstuff (staging) members.

Mint is a perennial herb with a distinctive taste. It's stems are square-shaped and it has pink, purple, or white flowers. Peppermint, ginger mint, and large apple mint are hybrids of mint. Mint is often grown in pots to prevent it from overtaking the garden with its invasive, spreading rhizome root structure. It's leaves are most aromatic before the plant flowers and can be used fresh, dried, or frozen. Mint's strongly scented leaves confuse the pests of carrots, tomatoes, alliums, and brassicas, and deter flea beetles.

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Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

60cm

Spread

25cm

Row Spacing

35cm

Companions

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Varieties

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American wild mint

Mentha candensis
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apple mint

Mentha suaveolens
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Asian mint

Mentha asiatica
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Australian mint

Mentha australis
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bergamot mint

Mentha citrata
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Corsican mint

Mentha requienii
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garden mint

Mentha sachalinensis
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pennyroyal

Mentha pulegium
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peppermint

Mentha x piperita
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spearmint

Mentha spicata
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water mint

Mentha aquatica
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wild mint

Mentha arvensis
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wrinkled-leaf mint

Mentha crispata

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How to grow mint

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Scientific names

Mentha spicata
Mentha

Alternate names

spearmint
spear mint

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