Alternative Mints

This year’s garden has started off with a bang. The grape hyacinths and the daffodils showed up on their own, without much effort on my part (go go for bulbs) and the rosemary and silver dust have survived the snow.

With that as encouragement, I’ve been delving into plants outside of the succulent category!

Latest addition has been chocolate and orange mint plants.

Chocolates on the left, jades in the middle, orange on the right.

I’ve never kept mint plants before so this’ll be a interesting season. Apparently, they are stubborn invasive plants that will take any space they can get, die off in winter, only to rise with a vengeance in spring. Oh yes, and they love sunshine. Continue reading