HARDY (PERENNIAL)
AVAILABLE: 15 MAY TO 1 SEPTEMBER
Aquatic Mint (Mentha aquatica)
Creeping plant used to cover edges. Round leaves are hairy, and often take on a maroon tinge. Foliage emits a mint scent when crushed.
- Shallow marginal (3”-8” water depth)
- Lavender flowers in late summer
- Attracts birds and butterflies
- Can be used to flavor tea, water or anything needing a sprig of mint
- Great for streams and bog gardens
- Very fast grower
- Grows 18”-32” tall in full sun to part shade
- Comes in a 6” pot
- Non-native
- Winter hardy to Zone 5
