Re: Corsican Mint
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  • Subject: Re: Corsican Mint
  • From: J* B* <j*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:41:34 -0500
Yeh..the French Perfume Mint that Zem gave me has spread out into the
yard...and I figured my husband would have a fit.  But he LOVES it.
He said it smelled so good when he mowed.  He wants to transplant some
of it to other areas.  Right now a family of bunnies are hiding out in
it.  I'm waiting until they grow up and then I'll disturb the mint and
move some around.


On 6/9/10, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> It sounds nice. Hope it takes off, you'll have that nice minty fresh
> fragrance when you walk on it.
> I remember at my mother's house she had planted mint in a corner of her
> little border garden and it spread into the lawn, but not terribly
> aggressive. Smelling it when you mowed was a little pleasant bit of a
> boring job.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 6:13 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Corsican Mint
>
> Well...I planted it tonight and checked out the area.  No competition
> for growth.  Never mulched there, and won't.  2-3 years ago I had put
> pea gravel and larger rocks there.  They just got mashed down into the
> dirt over time so the soil is damp and rocky.  It gets about 4-5 hours
> of morning sun.  Not much traffic there.  It gets plenty of moisture
> because it is close to where I water the horses and it gets run-off.
> I guess time will tell.  And yes Kitty, it's the small, flat leafed
> kind.  It's the stuff that Cream deMint (sp) is made of.  The lady I
> bought it from at the farmers market said it did well for her in shade
> or full sun.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Judy Browning <judylee@lewiston.com>
> wrote:
> > Here Corsican Mint likes as much sun as it can get. It survives in
> part
> > shade with lots of water. It doen't like stuff piled on it, so don't
> mulch
> > it. I had a nice patch by a stepping stone, but DH mulched all my
> flower
> > beds & it hasn't appeared again this year. It dies back in the winter
> but
> > comes back each summer.
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Corsican Mint
> >
> >
> >> No, I wanted something low and flat that will grow around the
> stepping
> >> stones and such.  Filler stuff.  Monkey grass would be too tall for
> >> what I want. But thank you for the offer Pam.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/8/10, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> yep, pretty tough stuff.  did you try lirope (sp?), some people call
> it
> >>> monkey grass - I can dig you up some and send it in September when
> the
> >>> weather is more cooperative.
> >>>
> >>> On 6/8/10, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > O.K. our guest house/bunk house has a side yard area where NOTHING
> >>> > grows because of this HUGE tree.  I have planted a few things but
> they
> >>> > don't really survive.  I put some paving stones on the "dirt" back
> >>> > there and today I bought mint (yes..the plant that takes over the
> >>> > world) to put there as a low ground cover between the paving
> stones.
> >>> > It gets morning sun but after that...all shade.  Think it will
> make
> >>> > it?
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > Jesse R. Bell
> >>> >
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> >>> Pam Evans
> >>> Kemp TX
> >>> zone 8A
> >>>
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Jesse R. Bell

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