Peppermint Live Plant | Mentha × piperita | Fragrant Culinary Herb Starter Plant for Tea, Cooking & Cocktails

Grow one of the world's most popular culinary herbs with Peppermint, a greenhouse-grown starter live plant prized for its intensely aromatic foliage, refreshing cooling flavor, and versatile culinary uses. Mentha × piperita, commonly known as Peppermint, is a hardy perennial herb perfect for herbal teas, cocktails, infused water, desserts, candies, baking, sauces, and savory dishes. Its nectar-rich flowers also attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators, making it an excellent addition to herb gardens and pollinator landscapes. With proper care, it may produce blooms under suitable growing conditions.

Mentha × piperita thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers consistently moist, well-draining soil. Its fragrant leaves can be harvested throughout the growing season for fresh or dried use. During summer, spikes of soft lavender to pale purple flowers may appear, adding ornamental beauty while providing a valuable nectar source for pollinators. Due to its vigorous spreading habit, growing Peppermint in containers is recommended to help manage its growth.

You will receive one healthy, greenhouse-grown Peppermint starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 Peppermint Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Strong, refreshing peppermint aroma
• Excellent culinary herb for teas, desserts, cocktails, and cooking
• Bright green aromatic foliage
• May produce blooms under suitable growing conditions
• Soft lavender to pale purple flower spikes
• Attracts bees, butterflies, and beneficial pollinators
• Vigorous perennial growth habit
• Perfect for herb gardens and containers
• Easy to harvest throughout the growing season
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Mentha × piperita
• Common Name: Peppermint
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Full sun to partial shade
• Growing Media: Moist, fertile, well-draining soil
• Water: Keep soil consistently moist
• Humidity: Moderate to high humidity
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 3–8
• Mature Size: Approximately 18–36 inches tall and spreads readily, depending on growing conditions

🌼 Perfect For

• Herb Gardens
• Tea Gardens
• Cocktail Gardens
• Culinary Gardens
• Container Gardens
• Raised Beds
• Pollinator Gardens
• Gifts for Gardeners