Chocolate Mint LIVE Starter Plant [Tea Herb]

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Mentha piperita 'Chocolate Mint'

Chocolate mint is a fast growing, easy plant to have in the garden. Its cool peppermint scent, layered with that warm, salivation-inducing, sweet undertone. The minty flavor is at its peak just before blooming and early in the morning, but it will maintain its distinctive smell and taste throughout the growing season.

This cultivar has a dark look compared to the bright leaves of peppermint. It grows deep green leaves with purple undersides and dark stems, and is hardy in Zones 3 to 9. It grows best with at least five to six hours of sun a day, preferably up to 14 if it’s available. More sun results in the best taste and color. 

This plant has two growth phases: the first is in the spring when the plant grows upright stems that will produce flowers. The second is post-flowering, when it starts spreading horizontally via runners and rhizome offshoots.

If you want your chocolate mint to grow in your herb garden without taking over, try sinking a bottomless bucket into the ground and place your transplant inside to contain it.

The small lavender flowers attract all sorts of bees and butterflies. Chocolate mint is a sterile hybrid, peppermint and its cultivars cannot be propagated by seed.

Thanks for viewing this information about Chocolate mint and feel free to message us if there is anything we can help you with.



All mint plants will be shipped carefully in packaging that best suits your order for affordability and plant hydration with least amount of leaking inside your package. 

Our plants are not dormant and are already starting to grow out, so we may trim them lightly to help untangle the new growth unless specified that you do not want them trimmed for shipping. Please note we ship all LIVE plants in biodegradable grow pouches to keep the roots healthy and moist and the pot in the pictures shown will not be in your shipment. 

We only ship LIVE plant orders on Mon-Wed to assure that your plants will arrive without heat damage from April-Sept. Thank You for your patience and planning with your live plant order.
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$6.99 inc. tax
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