Mint Applemint
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- Pot Size: 1L (14cm / 6in)
- Height and Spread: 75cm (2ft 5in) x 150cm (4ft 11in)
Grown in peat free compost in a biodegradable pot made from waste coir and natural latex. Remove plant from pot or cut/tear away some of the coir if the plant is well rooted and hard to remove.
- Flowers: July – August
- Harvest: June - November
- Moist, well-drained soil
- South or West aspect
- Full sun or partial sunlight
- Pop the discarded coir pot in the green bin, leave out for birds to use for nesting, use as mulch or add to compost heap
- Can become leggy so pinch out tips to promote bushy growth
- Cut back after flowering
- Like all mints, it can become a vigorous spreader so plant in a container to restrict its growth
- Coir pots are supplied by one specific village producer in Sri Lanka. They have built a school, old people's home and extension to the local medical centre over the years from the proceeds of coir pot production
Fragrant flowers and foliage