Chocolate Mint

~ By Diane ~

Mint is an invasive rampant growing plant In Illinois where I live. It's also a perennial Herb that prefers rich soil with full sun. You can just trim back with a scissors and it will re-grow. To keep it from becoming a rapid grower and invading your other plants in your garden, plant it in a bottomless nursery pot that is at least 10 inches tall. That will keep the aggressive underground stems from overwhelming the other plants in your garden.

I am going to try this in spring. I like mint but didn't want it to crowd out the other plants. There are several varieties of mint besides the traditional varieties of Spearmint and Peppermint but two that surprised me was Chocolate mint and sweet Lemon mint. I have Chocolate Mint tea, one of my favorites, not realizing that their was an actual plant called Chocolate mint which is a hybrid mint plant, that tastes and especially smells like a combination of mint and chocolate.

Mint will unfortunately attract hornets and the only way to totally get rid of mint is to dig and dig deep. Your best bet is to grow it in pots to keep it from getting unruly. I will be hunting the Nursery for Chocolate Mint to grow.

         

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