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DESCRIPTION: A beautiful mint valued as a culinary herb or a groundcover; lavender flowers rise above in a mid summer show of color; great container plant and it is suggested that...
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$8.49
DESCRIPTION: A beautiful mint valued as a culinary herb or a groundcover; lavender flowers rise above in a mid summer show of color; great container plant and it is suggested that planting within a pot in the ground will curtail invasiveness
BOTANICAL NAME: Mentha x piperita 'Chocolate'
AVERAGE MATURE HEIGHT: 50 cm
AVERAGE MATURE SPREAD: 50 cm
SUN EXPOSURE: Full sun
FLOWER COLOUR: Lavender
FLOWERING TIME: Summer
FOLIAGE COLOUR: Deep Green
COLD HARDINESS: Zone 3 ( Should survive up to -39.9° Celsius )
WATER NEEDS: Average
OTHER FEATURES: Attracts Butterflies, Cut Flowers, Deer Resistant, Edible, Fragrant chocolate scent, Rabbit Resistant, Groundcover
Edible Qualities
Chocolate Mint is a perennial herb that is typically grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. The fragrant oval green leaves are usually harvested from late spring to early fall. The leaves have a minty taste.
The leaves are most often used in the following ways:
- Fresh Eating
- Cooking
- Seasoning
- Tea
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