'Chocolate' features small, rounded to lance-shaped, glossy dark green leaves tinged with burgundy and terminal spikes of small lavender flowers in July. The leaves have both a chocolate-mint fragrance and taste.
Herb, Perennial | |
Mentha | |
Mint | |
Zone 5 | |
6+ hours | |
Clay, Dry, Moist, Sandy | |
Containers | |
Teas and garnishes | |
12-18" | |
12-24" | |
Summer | |
Purple | |
Rapid | |
Mound, Rounded | |
Straw | |
Plant-tone | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Yes |