Mint in herb garden

[User952539]

If I plant different mints in a herb garden eill that cause problems? And are there better/worse herb pairings?

I bought loads yesterday since my local nursery is closing down.

I have:
garden mint
apple mint
variegated mint
peppermint

then:

common thyme
Golden thyme
oregano
curry plant
basil
common sage
garlic chives
Bronze fennel

other than putting them where they look pretty I’m struggling as to where to start.

they will be in raised beds near to the kitchen. Should I restrict the roots of the mint somehow? Maybe plant in large pots and then sink these into the raised bed?

I'm not sure sinking mint in pots will restrain it, tbh. I'd keep the mints in pots, and put the rest in a bed together. Basil won't overwinter.

Chives are such a pretty plant in their own right, and I have finally had the courage to cut mine right back once the flowers had gone over, and it is shooting back up with lovely fresh stems

Sage gets very large, mind you!

I tried planting different mint varieties in pots and they grew out of the pots and all over the place.
Sage has taken over too.

Ok that’s helpful, I have a few large decorative pots so they can be the mint garden!

Bwahahaha - mint in pots. Only if you regard the pots as disposable, OP.
I bought mint. I thought I was being clever, putting it in a pot. Stop it spreading, I thought. And the pot was pretty, traditional terracotta.
The mint had other ideas. Mostly involving world domination.
It secretly grew itself a large rootball and triumphantly burst the pot asunder, then secretly ran out long suckers into every corner of my herb garden.
I now have mint in my lemon balm, sage, oregano, rosemary, thyme, and growing up my bay trees…

Basil and mint both need more water than the rest. I’d grow basil in a pot. And next year from seed

Mint is a total thug. If you plant it in a flower bed, it will spread!

Best to keep it in pots - it will still flourish, mint is ridiculously easy to grow. No problems at all with having multiple varieties.

Our mint is kept in a wooden half keg on the patio far away from our other plants. We once had a whole flower bed colonised by it before.

We have mint in pots on our patio. They are robust pots - not just plastic - so it hasn't broken out. But it does eventually get rootbound and need dividing and potting back in new compost. Be careful to bin the excess roots then.

Keep mint in pots...stand pots on slates or slabs... swop about regularly so they dont throw out roots......
Try to get some lemon verbena... its like lemon sherbet.. put it somewhere you brush past...delicious..

Am I the only person who is struggling to keep their mint alive???
It's in a large pot and watered regularly but it's looking really weedy with bare steams at the bottom and not happy at all.
What am I doing wrong?

So I popped back today in case I’d missed any and I’ve added Moroccan mint (I think I have enough types of mint now!) tarragon, normal chives and rosemary. No lemon verbena unfortunately.

I also got a large hydrangea, an eryngium, a philadelphus and two decent sized clematis Montana. £20 the lot

@LunaLoveFood how big is the pot compared to the plant? It might be happier in a smaller pot if it's more suited to its size and then repot up as it grows.

If it's struggling, I'd be tempted to cut it back, give it some fresh compost and give it some shelter from the heatwave.

Oh and a strange non climbing honeysuckle thing

@007007DoubleOSeven thank you, thinking about it, it has been moved this year and is in direct sunlight all day and although it's a big pot, it's a relatively shallow one, I think I will do as you have suggested and repot it and move it to a different area of the garden.
My new favourite non-alcoholic drink is cold 7up with mint so need lots if it!

I think I've killed my mint I was told that was impossible

You need chocolate mint...

I’ve had mint for years with no trouble, but ONLY because it’s in a pot on the patio. Never plant it in the ground, or even in a pot standing on soil.

I had chocolate mint but unfortunately I think my builders killed it..

You all are giving me hope. I have the ability to kill a plant just by looking at it, or at least that's how it feels. I've even killed succulents which allegedly are practically indestructible.

I have however just planted some mint seeds, also lime but I am expecting those to die as apparently they're very delicate. Maybe mint will be the one thing I can't murder!

Any other suggestions for nice herbs. I’ll have to get them elsewhere but I’m quite keen on expanding my collection now

And pineapple mint. And strawberry mint. And Korean mint. And basil mint which tastes like basil but is generally winter proof in the UK. I highly recommend urban-herbs.co.uk to feed your growing addiction.

@SBAM oh don't tell me that...I have long standing addiction to growing herbs and I've been successfully on the wagon all year!

...grapefruit mint is one of my faves but you can't beat chocolate mint. Tastes like After Eight.

@User952539 wait til you get stuck into the fruit-scented salvias!

Chives! Great in a potato salad and they grow lovely purple pompom flowers from spring into summer.