Botanical Name: Common Names:
Prostanthera sieberi Minty Native Mint Bush,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Dense, Shrub Like, Upright
Description:
There’s multiple value with Minty™. Fragrant plants are a ‘must have’ in all gardens and if you want a hedge of them, there’s none better than this one. Minty™ is the perfect plant for small or large spaces, because it is so easily trimmed to the size you need. Allow it to reach full height and you have a fence screen of a couple of metres height; contain it in a large tub, and with a regular trim it’s happy to perform just as well. Full sun or light shade, and a moist well drained soil is all it needs to thrive. The soft mint-fragrant foliage is smothered in delicate mauve blooms during mid to late spring; you can even pick the flowers for a long lasting posy and enjoy the mint aroma indoors.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Bird Attracting, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Cut Flower, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Fragrant Garden, Hedging / Screening, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes: Plant in moist well drained soil and apply an organic mulch. Fertilise with a native specific fertiliser. Prune after flowering to keep desired shape. Images and information supplied by Austraflora.
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Lamiaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Purple
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate