Mentha Ginger, also known as Mentha x Gracilis, Red Stemmed Applemint, Double Mint, Slender Mint, and Scotch Mint, is a perennial herb cross between Spearmint and Cornmint. This unique variety offers a mild spearmint flavor and aroma with green and yellow variegated foliage. This plant has an upright habit of 18-24" tall and 12-18" wide, with lilac flowers blooming in summer. Mentha Ginger is hardy in zones 5-9, offering attractive foliage that is effortless to grow. It flourishes in full sun with plenty of water and excels in containers. This plant's leaves are a delicious addition to teas, herb butter, lemonade, and hot cocoa and complement melons and tomatoes from garden to table.
Mentha Ginger Selling Tips
Sell Mentha Ginger to customers looking for a unique mint variety to add to the herb garden. This variety is upright with green and yellow variegated foliage and a mild spearmint flavor and fragrance. It requires little more than regular water to succeed in a container or landscape. Customers love this low-maintenance herb paired with melons and tomatoes and in tea, herb butter, lemonade, or hot cocoa. This variety offers antiseptic properties and benefits tomatoes and melons planted alongside them in the vegetable garden.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 12-18" apart in well-drained soil in full sun or part shade.
2. If you choose to plant mint in the garden or landscape, prevent it from spreading by planting it in a container first and then burying the container. Mint spreads aggressively underground via rhizomes.
3. Mint foliage offers the best fragrance and flavor before the plant blooms. Dry or freeze leaves to preserve them for later use.
General Growing Tips For Your Rooted Cutting Liner
For best results with Mentha Ginger, plant one rooted liner per 4-inch container. Use a well-drained soil with a constant feed program of 150-200 ppm N on well-rooted plants and a pH of 5.8-6.2. We recommend an additional iron supplement to deepen the foliage color. Pinch once 5-10 days after transplant. You may see whiteflies, aphids, and mealybugs. This plant isn't prone to disease, but root rot can develop in overly wet conditions.
Flowering
Lilac flowers bloom in summer.
Pinching
Pinch once, 5-10 days after transplanting.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base of each plant. We don't recommend planting Mint in 1801s, as this plant will get leggy and develop fungus without enough space.
Height Control
We don't recommend using chemical growth regulators on herbs.
Pests
You may see whiteflies, aphids, and mealybugs.
Disease
Mentha Ginger isn't prone to disease, but root rot or botrytis can develop in overly moist conditions. Take these steps to prevent infection: water in the morning and allow the plant to dry out between waterings; provide good airflow in your greenhouse; space plants so the sun can penetrate to the soil level. To best fight root rot in herbs, use a garden-safe fungicide, like Neem Oil.
Planting Mentha Ginger Liners
We recommend planting one rooted plug per 4-inch container. Use a well-drained soil and completely bury the ellepot in the center of the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Herb Mentha Ginger Quick Reference Guide
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6-8 Weeks
Bloom Period
Summer
Color
Purple
Habit
Upright
Height
18-24 Inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
50
Perennial Zone
5-9
Water Needs
Moderate
Patented Plant
No
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Mentha Ginger, also known as Mentha x Gracilis, Red Stemmed Applemint, Double Mint, Slender Mint, and Scotch Mint, is a perennial herb cross between Spearmint and Cornmint. This unique variety offers a mild spearmint flavor and aroma with green and yellow variegated foliage. This plant has an upright habit of 18-24" tall and 12-18" wide, with lilac flowers blooming in summer. Mentha Ginger is hardy in zones 5-9, offering attractive foliage that is effortless to grow. It flourishes in full sun with plenty of water and excels in containers. This plant's leaves are a delicious addition to teas, herb butter, lemonade, and hot cocoa and complement melons and tomatoes from garden to table.
Mentha Ginger Selling Tips
Sell Mentha Ginger to customers looking for a unique mint variety to add to the herb garden. This variety is upright with green and yellow variegated foliage and a mild spearmint flavor and fragrance. It requires little more than regular water to succeed in a container or landscape. Customers love this low-maintenance herb paired with melons and tomatoes and in tea, herb butter, lemonade, or hot cocoa. This variety offers antiseptic properties and benefits tomatoes and melons planted alongside them in the vegetable garden.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 12-18" apart in well-drained soil in full sun or part shade.
2. If you choose to plant mint in the garden or landscape, prevent it from spreading by planting it in a container first and then burying the container. Mint spreads aggressively underground via rhizomes.
3. Mint foliage offers the best fragrance and flavor before the plant blooms. Dry or freeze leaves to preserve them for later use.
General Growing Tips For Your Rooted Cutting Liner
For best results with Mentha Ginger, plant one rooted liner per 4-inch container. Use a well-drained soil with a constant feed program of 150-200 ppm N on well-rooted plants and a pH of 5.8-6.2. We recommend an additional iron supplement to deepen the foliage color. Pinch once 5-10 days after transplant. You may see whiteflies, aphids, and mealybugs. This plant isn't prone to disease, but root rot can develop in overly wet conditions.
Flowering
Lilac flowers bloom in summer.
Pinching
Pinch once, 5-10 days after transplanting.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base of each plant. We don't recommend planting Mint in 1801s, as this plant will get leggy and develop fungus without enough space.
Height Control
We don't recommend using chemical growth regulators on herbs.
Pests
You may see whiteflies, aphids, and mealybugs.
Disease
Mentha Ginger isn't prone to disease, but root rot or botrytis can develop in overly moist conditions. Take these steps to prevent infection: water in the morning and allow the plant to dry out between waterings; provide good airflow in your greenhouse; space plants so the sun can penetrate to the soil level. To best fight root rot in herbs, use a garden-safe fungicide, like Neem Oil.
Planting Mentha Ginger Liners
We recommend planting one rooted plug per 4-inch container. Use a well-drained soil and completely bury the ellepot in the center of the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Herb Mentha Ginger Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
6-8 Weeks
Bloom Period
Summer
Color
Purple
Habit
Upright
Height
18-24 Inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
50
Perennial Zone
5-9
Water Needs
Moderate
Patented Plant
No
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