Apple mint (3.5" pot)
Latin Name: Mentha suaveolens. Family: Laminaceae (Mint)
USDA hardiness zone: 5
Growth habit: Tall herb
Mature size: 3”
Native range: Europe
Preferred habitat: Garden soil, full sun, hedges and edges
Pollinators: Bees, wasps
Edible parts: Leaves and Flowers
Uses and functions: Food, Medicinal
Fast growing, very expansive mint to 2'. Late summer and early fall blossoms are a massive pollinator attractor, and choice for bees, large wasps, tiny parastic wasps, and everything in between. A must for pollinator support. Mild flavored leaves and stems used in medicine as tea. Rubifacient, carminative, digestive stimulant, slightly diaphoretic. Dried stems decent kindling. Ideal groundcover for certain locations, outcompetes grass with ease.
Latin Name: Mentha suaveolens. Family: Laminaceae (Mint)
USDA hardiness zone: 5
Growth habit: Tall herb
Mature size: 3”
Native range: Europe
Preferred habitat: Garden soil, full sun, hedges and edges
Pollinators: Bees, wasps
Edible parts: Leaves and Flowers
Uses and functions: Food, Medicinal
Fast growing, very expansive mint to 2'. Late summer and early fall blossoms are a massive pollinator attractor, and choice for bees, large wasps, tiny parastic wasps, and everything in between. A must for pollinator support. Mild flavored leaves and stems used in medicine as tea. Rubifacient, carminative, digestive stimulant, slightly diaphoretic. Dried stems decent kindling. Ideal groundcover for certain locations, outcompetes grass with ease.
Latin Name: Mentha suaveolens. Family: Laminaceae (Mint)
USDA hardiness zone: 5
Growth habit: Tall herb
Mature size: 3”
Native range: Europe
Preferred habitat: Garden soil, full sun, hedges and edges
Pollinators: Bees, wasps
Edible parts: Leaves and Flowers
Uses and functions: Food, Medicinal
Fast growing, very expansive mint to 2'. Late summer and early fall blossoms are a massive pollinator attractor, and choice for bees, large wasps, tiny parastic wasps, and everything in between. A must for pollinator support. Mild flavored leaves and stems used in medicine as tea. Rubifacient, carminative, digestive stimulant, slightly diaphoretic. Dried stems decent kindling. Ideal groundcover for certain locations, outcompetes grass with ease.
