General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: In Water
Wet
Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 12-18 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
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: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Aquatic Mint
  • Water Mint
  • Watermint
  • Mint
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Mentha aquatica
  • Synonym: Mentha citrata
  • Synonym: Mentha x piperita var. citrata

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Location: Ray Wiegand's Nursery, Macomb, MI
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Date: 2010-09-04
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Date: 2010-09-09

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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 30, 2012 11:20 AM concerning plant:
    This plant hybridizes with Mentha spicata (Spearmint) to produce Mentha × piperita (Peppermint), a sterile hybrid; it hybrizes with Mentha suaveolens (Apple Mint) to produce Mentha × suavis; with Mentha arvensis (Corn Mint) to produce Mentha × verticillata; and with both M. arvensis and M. spicata to give the tri-species hybrid Mentha × smithiana.
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