Clovers Garden Chocolate Mint Plant - Two -2- Live Plants - Not Seeds - Each 3"- 7" - in 3.5 Inch Clovers Branded Pots

The Chocolate Mint plant is a wonderful addition to an herb garden, and its purplish tinted leaves and stems make it an attractive addition to any flower garden. People have likened the Chocolate Mint as reminiscent of an Andes after-dinner mint or a York peppermint patty. Chocolate and Mint, that is enough to make anyone love it. It can be used fresh off the plant or dried and preserved you can use it year round. Crush fresh leaves into water for a refreshing beverage, add to tea or coffee, or add the fresh leaves to strawberries for a special treat. Use the dry leaves for flavoring desserts like ice cream, meringues, quick breads, or cakes. Chocolate Mint leaves also makes a nice addition to chocolate desserts or a surprise addition to breakfast breads. Place plants 18-24 inches apart in a sunny to part sunny garden location. A normal well-draining soil with adequate weekly watering will keep the Chocolate Mint in top shape. These plants will grow 12- 18 inches tall, and frequent trimming will promote a bushy, compact plant. Mint plants are known for attracting bees and butterflies to the garden too. These and all mint variety plants can be invasive, but they do prune up easily. Trim the plant back in the fall, and cover with leaves or grass clippings, and it will return in the spring. Shipped in Clovers Garden Branded Pots with Clovers Garden Copyrighted Planting Instructions Included. Great info for your growing!!