General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Uses: Groundcover
Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Some mints can be propagated by seed. Growth from seed can be unreliable for two reasons: mint seeds are highly variable and some varieties are sterile.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Mint
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Mentha x gentilis
  • Synonym: Mentha x gracilis

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Location: Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 08.14.20
Ginger mint multiple stacked blooms on stalks
Location: Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 08.14.20
visible seeds forming in open bracts
Location: Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 08.14.20
Repeated blossom whorls on curving stalks
Location: Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 08.14.20
Ginger mint leaves
Location: my garden 
Date: 2017-09-16
Location: my garden 
Date: 2017-09-16

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