Re: Corsican Mint/now storms
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  • Subject: Re: Corsican Mint/now storms
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:01:31 -0500
Zem - heads up, just checked the radar & it looks like more lovely stuff
heading your way!

On 6/9/10, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> mmmmmmmmmmm....... try mowing over chocolate minte - Heaven!
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:41 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Corsican Mint
>
>
> 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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