MINT SPEARMINT
Mentha spicata
Easy to grow aromatic herb with flowers appearing in summer.
- Growing Tip: Tip prune regularly to promote fresh growth. Best grown in pots to limit spread. Requires a moist position with good drainage.
- Position: Part shade
- Height / Spacing: 45-60cm, 30-60cm
- Lifespan: Perennial
- Use: Add to summer drinks or use to make sauces, jellies or tea. Reputed to aid indigestion.
- Companion Planting: Mints are said to repel aphids, moths, ants and mice. Attracts pollinating bees.
- Range: 100mm Herb pots