I finally was able to ask my neighbor about the free mint plant I got in my front yard. She said it is a spearmint plant that is growing all over their back yard.
I don't think she really knows what it is. She thought it was the weakest spearmint she ever had. I'd like to take it to a nursery to see if anyone there can tell me what it is. I don't like spearmint, and this doesn't taste like spearmint to me. It tastes lemony. But short of going to the neighbor's back yard and sampling a mature plant, I'll just wait until this one I potted is bigger to have another taste. I put the pot outside yesterday. It was very windy in the afternoon while I was resting. In the early evening I went out to check on the plants and the mint was the only one looking beat up. I gave it a bit of water. Will see how it looks this morning.
Now that I know the source, I'll ask to dig up a more mature plant if I kill this one off. I know mint can be very invasive, but the way our yards and houses are set up, I don't see how the mint got to my front yard. They have none growing in their front yard and their is a wall between our properties. On our side of the wall, their is a thick layer of rocks and then the sidewalk. The mint was on the other side of the sidewalk. My neighbor hasn't been in my yard and I haven't been over there. We've only talked with the wall between us. There is a portion of their wall that also has high wooden and chain fencing because they have chickens kept in that area. The chickens aren't able to get to the backyard. My backyard is a narrow strip that doesn't go past where the chicken coop is. My other neighbor has that side of the duplex. I can see into his yard and there are weeds but no mint. He bought mint just the other day to grow in a pot.
So I'm a bit fascinated by the mystery of this mint. Although now I'm saddened that I didn't protect this gift a little better. But the weather was mild and not windy when I came in to rest. I didn't think it was possible to kill mint so quickly. Just my luck. Hehehehe.
Gotta go water now before the cutoff time.
