![]() Placed in a sunny window, it'll resprout and give you fresh mint fragrance and taste all winter long. In fall, simply cut it back and bring it indoors for winter. Mint is also a good container plant on your deck or patio. Plant as a lawn substitution or between stones. Of course, over time the mint will spread out of the pot, but it's easier to keep tame. Wonderful, mat forming groundcover that features tight green, aromatic foliage. In the garden the best way to grow an aggressive peppermint or spearmint is by leaving it in the container and burying the pot in the soil. Mountain Mint, botanically known as Pycnanthemum muticum, is one such member of the Lamiaceae and it defies my imagination as to why this plant is not more. Mint also flowers and is a favorite of beneficial insects and pollinating bees and butterflies. I like the mint fragrance when I mow over it. A fragrant, mint scented groundcover, which is excellent between pavers. Even if it gets into the lawn, I don't care. Corsican mint is a fast grower and does well as a groundcover in moist areas of the garden, and around water features and ponds. The mint grows well creating a nice ground cover that we can use in drinks and cooking. Little Trudy catmint, 8-10, Lavender, Spring to fall, Silvery foliage, low compact. But instead of spreading mulch around the trees, we plant mint. Silver-fringed rounded foliage, Plant Select. ![]() We have fruit trees in our lawn with mulch rings around them. But more unusual mints such as ginger mint, banana mint and pineapple aren't as aggressive.Īnother way to grow mint is as a ground cover. Certainly, peppermint, lemon mint, spearmint and their off shoots, such as chocolate mint (it smells like chocolate but doesn't smell like it), will spread quickly and readily in a garden. But not all mints are created equal when it comes to plant growth. If you are sowing directly into the garden, consider placing a row cover over the seeds until they sprout. ![]() Mint has a bad reputation of spreading, sprawling and generally trying to take over the world. When I suggest growing mint to a gardener, they sometimes go running. Mentha requienii is an aromatic, mint scented mat of small bright green leaves.
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