Chocolate MintĬhocolate mint smells how you think it would – like if you mixed a strong peppermint mint with subtle hints of cocoa. They’re very soft, not abrasive or sharp. These fuzzes aren’t obtrusive or annoying when you’re eating it, though. You can see their fine little hairs under the leaves and running along the stalks.
It seems to want to spend its energy growing taller rather than sending as many runners out and covering more ground.
#Chocolate mint plant Patch
But it has a nice, sweet mint scent and flavor.Įven though its leaves get massive, I’d consider apple mint to be a more delicate and fragile mint than spearmint.Ī patch of outdoor apple mint also doesn’t seem to grow in as densely as spearmint or chocolate mint. The mint stalks get much taller than spearmint, and the leaves are much larger & softer.Īpple mint doesn’t hold up as well during hot, hot days or in aggressive wind conditions. While we’ve had the spearmint for 4 years, we decided to try a new type, too: apple mint. When we don’t actively harvest it, our honeybees love the stalks of tiny purple flowers it sends out. The edges of the leaves look like they’d be spiky or sharp, but they’re flexible and gentle. It stands up well in the wind, doesn’t get burnt by Alaska’s summer midnight sun, doesn’t mind if our summers get hot or stay cool, & it has proven to be very winter hardy.
Spearmint is a dependable cold weather mint. We’ve now had that patch of spearmint for 4 years – it comes back strong every spring. I intentionally chose a garden area close to the house, hoping the extra bit of snow protection & warmth would help overwinter it. In other climates, mint grows so well it’s comparable to a wild weed that’s so successful it can be tough to contain! But some folks here say our long, cold winters kill their outdoor mint, while others are able to over winter it.Īnchorage has many micro-climates, so whether mint will survive the winter in your yard may depend on where you live & exactly where you plant it.
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