SPEARMINT

[ Mentha Spicata ] 

Season: Perennial
Height: 12-36 Inches
Bloom Season: Summer
Environment: Full Sun/Moist, but Well Drained
Zones: All Regions of North America

Spearmint [ Mentha Spicata ] is a rhizomatous, upright perennial which is most commonly grown as a culinary herb and/or ground cover. It typically grows to 3 feet tall and lance-shaped leaves have a unique wrinkled texture. Oblong terminal spikes of lilac-pink to white flowers appear all summer.

Spearmint [ Mentha Spicata ] is extremely easy to grow. In fact, it grows so well, it is best to confine it to containers. Leaves have a strong spearmint fragrance and taste, and may be used to flavor teas, in salads, as a garnish or in pot-pourris. Harvest leaves as needed. Young leaves and stems have best flavor.

The plant attracts bees and butterflies.

PLANTING

Sow Inside: Before last frost
Sow Outside: Spring after last frost
Seed Depth: 1/16 Inch
Days to Emerge: 12 to 16

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