Looking for.......

Would like to add these to my garden.

Siskiyou Pink Gaura
Pink Japanese wisteria
Creeping globemallow- Sphaeralcea munroana (orange globe mallow)
Boltonia
Barrenwort
Jelly melon- cucumis metuliferus
And mint cuttings ( I already have chocolate, apple, Kentucky and var.pineapple)

Thanks
Penny

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I'm curious.....I've never grown mints. Are they for beauty or eating and if you eat them, what kinds of recipes are they used in. I know this sounds dumb, but had to ask.

i love tea so i use my mint for teas. also for salad and jelly. the chocolate mint i love to cut off a piece while i walk around and smell it. i also have a small one potted in the gh with me in the winter. yes it is my favorite.

They attract hummingbirds, butterflies and honeybees. If you plant them in between path stepping stones, you smell them as you walk on and bruise them, and it's a delightful smell. Same smell when you water the garden with a hose. You can use them to add a different taste to pork and lamb dishes. Snip a leaf or two over ice cream. Hang them in closets, pantries and other nooks and crannies, and that includes the less commonly thought of mint family members like monarda. They create a pleasant air. Make a tea or infusion from the leaves to settle a rowdy stomach. Use an infusion to sweeten the rinse water for your hair, your hand washables, your shower rinse. Place dried leaves or whole plants in book shelves to repel some insects. I lay whole stems on top of rows of books. Chew on a sprig just because it makes your mouth feel fresh. Let your pets chew them, some like mint.

Let us not forget one other joy of mint, once you plant it you will always have it. Be careful where you plant mint. It creeps and grows and spreads readily, invasively even. A great technique is to get a deep nursery pot, 2 gallon or larger and cut out the bottom. Dig that in the area you want mint planted and leave the top 2 inches above the ground. Plant your mint within the pot so it will be contained.

Onecent, I can get you gaura siskayou pink cuttings as I did the tibouchina recently.

Studley that would be wonderful. LMK

Penny

if you can plant your mint in a raised bed or the top layer of a tarrace. mint will creap out and up but not down should be raised a good 10 inches. this will also keep it from taking over

Thanks, troy, I never thought of that!