Description
– (Mentha requienii)
Habit – Spreading
Resilience – Hardy
Flowering Time – July – August
Height and spread – 15 x 30 cm
Ideal Conditions – Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Possibile situation – All Mints are ideal for tubs or pots, or in places where people will brush against the foliage to emanate the strong fragrance. This is also very good for creating low green carpeting in the bed.
Features – Attracts Wildlife
Typical season – Spring
Flower Colour – purple
Foliage Colour – green
Flowering time – July – August
Planting recommendation – Container Prefers – Full Sun
Temperature tolerance – A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.
Plant care –
Family – LAMIACEAE Genus – Mentha Cultivar – Corsican
Pot Sizes – 9cm Pot Spacing –
Growing Media and irrigation – Free draining – keep evenly moist
Feeding fertiliser – NPK balanced feeding Feeding frequency – Requires normal/regular feeding (Standard EC)
PH Recommendation – Standard 5.0 to 5.5 Common pests – Aphid Common disease – Botrytis
Species – requienii
