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Garden Mint Plant - Description
- Potted Garden Mint Plant
- Culinary Variety
- Peppermint
- Herbal Plant
- Evergreen Foliage
- Current Size: Approx. 12cm Spread
- Pot Size: 1 Litre
Garden Mint Plant - Characteristics
- Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
- Habit: Spreading
- Fully Grown Size: 90cm spread
- Fast growth rate
- Foliage: Aromatic & evergreen foliage
- Sow: All year round
- Hardiness: Fully hardy
Garden Mint Plant - Uses
- Both ornamental & culinary uses
- Used in cocktails & teas
- Mint has medicinal benefits also
- Benefits include
- Garden Mint is good for indigestion & bloating
- Said to lower blood pressure
- Decongestant
Garden Mint Plant - Planting Instructions
- Ensure soil is moist before planting
- Prefers full sun
- Can be grown indoors in pots or directly outside
- Ideal for a kitchen garden or raised bed
- Suited to containers
- Grow in fertile soils
- Spacing: 100cm apart
- Dig hole roughly twice the size of the plant pot
- Handle pots with care
- Squeeze side of pots to remove plant
- Firm in well
- Water again after planting
- Benefits from a hard prune every few years to prevent plants getting leggy
- Clumps can be divided to propagate new plants