Like all mints, Orange Mint,
should be confined to a pot. Mints grow better in pots with lots of
surface area rather than lots of depth. This
window box is a
perfect container. This box was planted in June with two of our three inch
pots. By September, it is nice and full and even trying to escape. Notice
those long runners heading off the sides of the box. If these found moist
dirt they would root and put up new stems. By next spring, this Orange Mint will need to be
divided and repotted with
fresh soil.
Orange Mint is one of the six
plants chosen to be in our
Zone 5-11 Tea Herb Garden.
This plant is often available in plug
trays. These trays hold 128 of all the same plant. They are a
great low cost way to fill a lot of space. Each cell is 3/4 of inch by
an inch. Check here to see if
Orange Mint
Plug Trays
are available.
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