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Asked by:
Peter List
Posted at:
January 27, 2025
Was browsing your site, nice range of mints, but I couldn't tell if you had the one I was most seeking. It's usually called black mint, it has dark red stems and darker green leaves than normal peppermint, and isn't as vigorous.There are a lot of variants in circulation so it is just about impossible to ensure that our peppermint is exactly what you want. It is "darker" in colour than most other mints so it qualifies a "black" peppermint, but it may not be what your grandmother grew.
I have fond memories of it from my grandmother's farm in Northern Indiana.
Well, how about this then: which of your varieties are:Peppermint is easily one of the most pungent. "Chocolate" peppermint is very similar (in fact hard to distinguish from the regular variety). Most of the other mints have quite different aromas and flavours compared to the classic peppermint.
A) The most pungent
B) Best suited to window container growing?The peppermints can be grown in containers but by virtue of their rangy, fast growing habit they get crowded in a container quickly. When they get crowded and you can't pot up to a larger size you need to break up the root mass and repot portion in fresh soil. Typically this might happen once or twice a season, depending on many factors such as pot size, growing conditions, etc.
I'm not so concerned at getting exactly what she had as much as I am in getting something that will be at least as dramatically pungent and refreshing, and I want to grow it inside.To be safe, stick with our peppermint. But you may want to try a few different varieties and select for yourself which is the best for you. In that case, include english mint, chocolate peppermint, japanese mint, scotch spearmint, and swiss mint.