Water Mint
Mentha aquatica. LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE).
Planting and Growing Water Mint
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow water mint in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of water mint
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for water mint
- Season of bloom and planting time for water mint
- When, how deep, and where to plant water mint
- How to plant water mint
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of water mint
- Landscape and container uses of water mint
- Comments about water mint and its features
Growing Water Mint
Several cultivars of erect, spreading, stoloniferous, deciduous perennial herbs, to 3 ft. (90 cm) tall. Alternate or opposite, fuzzy, textured, mint green, oval, pointed, toothed, fragrant leaves, 1–2 in. (25–50 mm) long, with light undersides.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many tiny, lilac blue, fragrant flowers, in plumelike heads, to 1 in. (25 mm) wide and 2 in. (50 mm) tall, in late summer–early autumn.
Best Climates
Semi-hardy. Zones 6–9.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, dense soil or, in water features, shallow-depth marginal or shoreline sites. Fertility: Average. 6.0–8.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to partial shade, 1 ft. (30 cm) apart, or submerged to 6 in. (15 cm).
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize annually in spring. Pinch foliage buds to keep compact. Propagate by cuttings, division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for banks, borders, containers, ground covers in herb, natural, woodland gardens. Good for sachets, lemon-flavored cooking herb. Invasive. Disease resistant. Whitefly susceptible.