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Lamiaceae
Apple mint
Mentha suaveolens
Also known as Pineapple mint, Round-leaved mint, Woolly mint, Mentha × rotundifolia var. suaveolens
Indoor Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Mint · Herb · Edible · Fragrant · Culinary Herb · Ground Cover · Container Plant · Medicinal · Lamiaceae · Pollinator Friendly
Apple mint is an easy-to-grow, fragrant herb that flourishes in full sun to partial shade and prefers consistently moist, well-drained soil. It spreads vigorously via underground runners, so plant it in containers or use root barriers to prevent it from taking over nearby garden beds. Harvest leaves regularly to encourage bushy growth and enjoy their mild, fruity-mint flavor in teas, cooking, and beverages.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until moisture drains from the bottom, then allow the top inch of soil to dry before watering again · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -10°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Cutting, Division
Hardiness
USDA 6a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Algeria, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chile North, Colombia, Comoros, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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