This refreshing plant requires plentiful moisture and is best pot grown as it can take over and once established will keep returning. Mint grows in various flavours, makes a wonderful addition to salads, drinks and tea. It grows all year round, is a heavy feeder and a delight in the garden.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- High
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Grass and Groundcover
- Root size
- Less than 2.5m (safe)
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Regions
- Edible plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun