Description
Common Name: Mentha x villosa, Cuban mint
This variety is grown primarily for its less pungent, sweet flavoured foliage that is popular in drinks and as a food seasoning. This is a great container plant, and it is suggested that planting within a pot in the ground will curtail invasiveness. Small violet flowers appear by late spring or early summer.
It is clearly different from most other mints – the scent of this aromatic herb and flavour are agreeably mild and warm, not pungent nor overly sweet like other mints.
Size: 3.5″ Potted Plant
Height: 24.0-30.0”
Spread: 12.0-18.0”
Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade.
Soil Type: Vigorous grower in most soils. Tolerates poor quality soil.
Hardiness Zones: 5(tender),6,7,8,9,10 Also makes a goo house plant
Attributes: Edible, Fast Growth, Deer Resistant, Culinary, Houseplant, Herb, Fragrant
Care/Use: Easy Care; Culinary herb for gardens and containers; Leaves can be used to flavour drinks and cocktails, food; Harvest or cut back at regular intervals and remove old woody plants.
