Permapotes

Mint

Growing peppermint: how to plant and use it?
Growing vegetables
Growing peppermint: how to plant and use it?

Would you like to harvest peppermint in your garden but aren’t sure how to go about it? You’ve come to the right place! We’ve put together a guide to planting and using peppermint! Make the most of our top tips...

30 September 2026
Mint
Mint
Characteristics
  • Lifecycle : Perennial
  • Exposure : Partial Shade
  • Frost Hardiness : Frost Resistant
  • Cultivation Difficulty : Easy
  • Mature height : 30 cm
Sowing & Planting
  • Greenhouse Growing : Not Required
  • Plant Spacing : 10 cm
  • Row Spacing : 25 cm
Maintenance
  • Maintenance : Moderate
  • Water Requirements : Moderate
Other characteristics
  • Soil Type : Humus-rich
  • Soil pH Preference : Neutral
  • Pest Sensitivity : Moderate
  • Disease Sensitivity : Moderate
  • Weed Sensitivity : Moderate
  • Pollination : Insect-pollinated
  • Propagation : Division