{"title":"Mint Seeds","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e#html-body [data-pb-style=INBKTLU]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv data-content-type=\"row\" data-appearance=\"contained\" data-element=\"main\"\u003e\u003cdiv data-enable-parallax=\"0\" data-parallax-speed=\"0.5\" data-background-images=\"{}\" data-background-type=\"image\" data-video-loop=\"true\" data-video-play-only-visible=\"true\" data-video-lazy-load=\"true\" data-video-fallback-src=\"\" data-element=\"inner\" data-pb-style=\"INBKTLU\"\u003e\u003cdiv data-content-type=\"text\" data-appearance=\"default\" data-element=\"main\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMint is an easy-to-grow perennial herb primarily used for flavorings and garnishes. There are many kinds of mint, peppermint (dark green leaves with a reddish stem and lavender blooms) and spearmint (lighter green, pointed leaves and pink flowers) being the most common, although there are others like apple and pineapple mint. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mini-ornamental-mint-seeds-51428-pk-p1","title":"Mini Ornamental Mint Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you grown Corsican mint yet? It's one of the smallest in the family, with a prostrate, ground-hugging habit and tiny leaves topped by even smaller blooms in midsummer. For filling space and exuding a fresh, cheery peppermint scent from spring 'til frost, there's simply nothing better.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis ornamental mint is perfect for filling baskets, flowerpots, and sunny garden patches with strong scent and rich color that lasts all season. It's easy to grow because the seeds are packed into pellets, with each pellet producing several seedlings. Now you don't have to worry about sowing multiple seeds, thinning young plants, and all that. Just stick one pellet in a 4-inch pot, and before you know it, you'll have bright green shoots spilling over the sides and more peppermint scent than the day before Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMini Ornamental Mint reaches just 2 to 4 inches high but quickly spreads up to a foot wide. It will spill over the sides of containers, forming attractive trailing stems that need no rooting at their tips to look great all season. Tiny mauve flowers will appear in midsummer, but you may miss them altogether—this annual is all about the perfect foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGive this mint full sunshine in all but the warmer climates, where it appreciates dappled shade or morning sun and afternoon shade. Keep it watered for best growth. Then sit back to enjoy one of the easiest and most beautiful (in color and fragrance) plants of your garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"parkseed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42354466291771,"sku":"51428-PK-P1","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/8580\/4859\/files\/Product_MediaImage_51428-PK-P1_1.jpg?v=1753891801"},{"product_id":"panther-dark-blue-japanese-catmint-seeds-52167-pk-p1","title":"Panther Dark Blue Japanese Catmint Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis delightful Japanese catmint has so many merits, we scarcely know where to begin! Both the foliage and the flowers are fragrant, for one thing. For another, it blooms the first year from seed, unlike most perennials. And unlike other species of \u003ci\u003eNepeta\u003c\/i\u003e you may have grown, it is upright and nicely branched, rather than sprawling. Make it a centerpiece of your finest containers and sunny-to-partly-shaded garden areas this season.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePanther Dark Blue walked off with the bronze medal at Holland's prestigious planetarium competition in 2015, and one look at this delightful little plant tells you why. It is much more compact than the species, standing just 8 inches high and 10 inches wide. The foliage is bright green, glossy, and toothed, releasing a strong, heavenly fragrance from spring through fall. Even if it never set a bloom, Panther Dark Blue would be a plant to cherish in flowerpots and gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eYet bloom it does, and such blooms they are! Medium to dark blue, these tubular flowers reach up to 2 inches long, held in nice clusters on the top of the plant. They, too, are fragrant, and you'll have plenty of opportunity to admire them, because they begin in early summer and go right through into early fall. The judges at the Planetarium competition praised Panther Dark Blue for its profuse and early flowering, and we think you'll be amazed by the flower power of this petite plant.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePanther Dark Blue is a magnet for butterflies and bees. Cats love it too, though not to the extent that they adore the groundcover species such as \u003ci\u003eN. cataria.\u003c\/i\u003e Still, if you are worried about them loving this plant to death, set a few upright twigs into the soil around the plant, to keep cats from flattening it.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eContent in any well-drained soil receiving full sun to part shade, Panther Dark Blue is also a good choice for dry, shallow, and rocky soils. The roots are shallow, so you can establish this perennial in areas where some other plants will not thrive. Deer tend to leave it alone—the aroma is a deterrent to pests in the vegetable garden as well, so it is a good choice for open and woodland settings.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePanther Dark Blue is versatile, a delight for all the senses, and easy to grow. The seed can be direct-sown in spring, or you can begin it indoors in the Bio Dome, germinating at 60 to 70 degrees. Germination usually takes 7 to 21 days. When it's time to transplant the seedlings, give them a good hardening off, bringing them outdoors in a shaded, wind-free area for just a few hours at first, gradually increasing to overnight exposure before setting them outside permanently. After they find their feet, they are off and running in the garden or patio containers for years!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"parkseed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42354598903867,"sku":"52167-PK-P1","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/8580\/4859\/files\/Product_MediaImage_52167-PK-P1_1.jpg?v=1753891804"},{"product_id":"pennyroyal-seeds-01556","title":"Pennyroyal Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDays to Maturity: 70\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePennyroyal is a most useful member of the mint family. Traditionally used to repel fleas, mice and other pests, it is also a main ingredient in herbal insect repellents. And it's so easy to grow!\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis upright, creeping perennial reaches 4 to 6 inches tall and spreads indefinitely. Narrow stems are lined with 1½-inch oval leaves and topped with whorls of lilac flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGrow like other mints, in rich, moist soil in sun or partial shade. You can direct-sow the seed or begin it indoors; the seed germinates in about 7 to 21 days, and the seedlings grow rapidly. To avoid it becoming invasive, you might want to plant in containers or in confined areas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"parkseed","offers":[{"title":"Pkt of 100 seeds","offer_id":42354647171131,"sku":"01556-PK-P1","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pkt of 10000 seeds","offer_id":42354647203899,"sku":"01556-PK-10000","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/8580\/4859\/files\/Product_MediaImage_01556_1.jpg?v=1753891852"},{"product_id":"peppermint-seeds-01347","title":"Peppermint Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDays to Maturity: 73 from direct sow\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNo herb or kitchen garden is complete without mint, and peppermint adds a festive note to the display, evoking the holidays and filling the air with its fresh, clean scent when rubbed. Give it a go from seed this season and delight your friends with little peppermint seedlings for the holidays!\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eStrongly aromatic peppermint can be used in both cooking - in drinks, salads, and baked goods - and in potpourri and other fragrant decorative items. In hot tea, it is said to help stomach upset.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePeppermint is a perennial, reaching 3 feet tall in the garden (much smaller in pots and indoors), and spreading just as far as you will let it. It offers smooth, lance-shaped 3-inch leaves, bright green with purple tints around the edges. In summer, spikes of lilac-pink flowers top the foliage, attracting bees into the garden. Give it sunshine and good soil drainage; it will do the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLike all the mints, peppermint can be invasive. If you want to cover hot, sunny soil, it's invaluable, but if your space is limited or you want to plant other things nearby, you are much better off confining peppermint to a container. It grows wonderfully, and you will not only have plenty to harvest, but enough to give friends cuttings so that they can start their own mint gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMint is not the easiest seed to sprout, but if you have a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.parkseed.mom\/products\/parks-original-bio-dome-seed-starting-system-v1802\"\u003ePark's Original Bio Dome Seed-Starting System\u003c\/a\u003e it's a walk in the park: drop one seed in each bio sponge, put the dome on, and wait to see green shoots in 7 to 14 days. If you're using seed flats or another method of germination, here's the best approach: set one or two seeds in shallow 1\/4-inch holes in moist seed-starting mix. Cover the flat with plastic wrap and germinate at 65 degrees Fahrenheit or above.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIf you are starting the seeds in late winter for transplanting in spring, begin about 6 weeks before last scheduled frost. Peppermint will be ready to pick on an as-needed basis about 3 weeks after transplanting; it grows so quickly that you never have to worry about taking too much, as long as you leave a few green leafy stems on the plant! Harvest all summer and fall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"parkseed","offers":[{"title":"Pkt of 100 seeds","offer_id":42354678333499,"sku":"01347-PK-P1","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pkt of 5000 seeds","offer_id":43608206999611,"sku":"01347-PK-5000","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/8580\/4859\/files\/Product_MediaImage_01347_1.jpg?v=1753891852"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.parkseed.mom\/collections\/mint.oembed","provider":"Park Seed","version":"1.0","type":"link"}