Apple Mint
Mentha suaveolens (formerly Mentha rotundifolia). LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE).
Planting and Growing Apple Mint
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow apple mint in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of apple mint
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for apple mint
- Season of bloom and planting time for apple mint
- When, how deep, and where to plant apple mint
- How to plant apple mint
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of apple mint
- Landscape and container uses of apple mint
- Comments about apple mint and its features
Growing Apple Mint
Several cultivars of erect, mounding or trailing, stoloniferous, deciduous perennial herbs, to 3 ft. (90 cm) tall. Alternate or opposite, hairy, textured, bright or gray green, sometimes white, variegated, oval, pointed, fine-toothed, fragrant leaves, 1–4 in. (25–100 mm) long, with gray undersides.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Insignificant, purple-tinged, white, fragrant flowers, in summer; grown primarily for foliage.
Best Climates
Semi-hardy. Zones 5–9.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained loam. Fertility: Rich–average. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to full shade, 3 ft. (90 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize annually in spring. Pinch foliage to keep compact. Propagate by cuttings, division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for beds, borders, containers, ground covers in cottage, natural, shade, woodland gardens. Pineapple-flavored cooking garnish, herb. Mildly invasive. Attracts bees. Pest and disease resistant.