Peppermint Seed

No herb or kitchen garden is complete without mint, and peppermint adds a festive note to the display, evoking the holidays and filling the air with its fresh, clean scent when rubbed. Give it a go from seed this season and delight your friends with little peppermint seedlings for the holidays!

Strongly aromatic peppermint can be used in both cooking – in drinks, salads, and baked goods – and in potpourri and other fragrant decorative items. In hot tea, it is said to help stomach upset.

Peppermint is a perennial, reaching 3 feet tall in the garden (much smaller in pots and indoors), and spreading just as far as you will let it. It offers smooth, lance-shaped 3-inch leaves, bright green with purple tints around the edges. In summer, spikes of lilac-pink flowers top the foliage, attracting bees into the garden. Give it sunshine and good soil drainage; it will do the rest.

Like all the mints, peppermint can be invasive. If you want to cover hot, sunny soil, it’s invaluable, but if your space is limited or you want to plant other things nearby, you are much better off confining peppermint to a container. It grows wonderfully, and you will not only have plenty to harvest, but enough to give friends cuttings so that they can start their own mint gardens.
Seed Pack Size:100 Seeds
SKU : 4608
Genus : Mentha
Species : x piperita
Product Classification : Herbs, Perennials, Seeds
Sun / Shade : Full Sun, Part Shade
Bloom Season Start : Mid Summer
Bloom Color : Purple
Foliage Color : Dark Green, Purple
Habit : Spreading
Days To Maturity : 73.00
Harvest Season : Early Fall, Early Summer, Late Fall, Late Spring, Late Summer, Mid Fall, Mid Summer
Resistance : Deer Resistance, Disease Resistant, Heat Tolerant, Pest Resistant
Characteristics : Bloom First Year, Cut-and-Come-Again, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Fragrance, Herbs, Pest Fighter, Pruning Recommended
Uses : Border, Containers, Cuisine, Foliage Interest, Ground Cover, Outdoor