General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Purple
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Will not come true from seed
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: Cuttings: Root
Division
Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Asian Mint
  • Mint
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Mentha longifolia var. asiatica
  • Synonym: Mentha asiatica

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Date: 2007-05-12
By Doronenko (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.ht

Date: 2007-06-24
I, Doronenko [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-

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