Mint in herb garden

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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?

There was a tiny scrap of mint in this garden when we moved here over 30 years ago. I felt sorry for it.

Hahahahaha..... it smells lovely when we mow the lawn. Very minty.

You've made me click on urban herbs now. Meanie.

@MyBottomDecides

Curious...What does your bottom decide?

Quote from my DD age 4 or so, who let one rip at the table and when I objected said she couldn't help it, she knew it was bad manners, but "i didn't choose it, my bottom decides" 😁

🤣🤣 brilliant lol

I've managed to kill a mint plant too - and I was also lead to believe it was impossible!

Isn't banana a herb?

Give your mint plants to me. I’ve now successfully managed to kill 3 of them. No idea how I have the opposite problem to everyone else!

me and plants don’t get on well though. Dh had an aloe Vera which was about 25 yrs old. He cut it right back every year and it always regrew. I cut it back last year and it didn’t grow back.

ihave the opposite of green fingers - maybe black thumbs?

I have mint in pots that usually does well. I divided it and put some in the garden hoping it would spread and it's doing pathetically! I think it might be too shady and possibly there's too much competition from raspberries.

I love peppermint which is stronger and sweeter tasting (maybe this is the Moroccan mint mentioned... my neighbours said they grew it elsewhere in Africa). I did read though that it's not a good idea to put different types of mint next to each other in a garden as they can lose their distinct properties.

I have tarragon and verbena in pots that both come back every year, plus thyme, sage and rosemary in the garden. Lemon balm is lovely too but almost as much of a thug as mint. I had them in a big pot together for a while to fight it out

I know its a berry...Can it be both?

I think a herb is any plant that doesn't make wood (fnah!). They've always reminded me of rosebay willowherb, if bananas were tiny and peeled open to release fluffy seeds and leaves are similar except for scale. No!...just me then.

I have rampant lemon balm I thought I had it contained its completely surrounded by concrete slabs I've just dug up a plant from in-between the concrete slabs 😂

Marjoram (aka oregano) is a bit of a thug too. Mine took over an entire rose bed 3 metres long.

I've got a bit of lemon balm in a back border where it's in competition with other good doers. But a plant appeared in a crack in the front garden a few years ago. Suddenly this year I've got seedlings appearing all over that corner of the paving/drive... I must have let it seed rather than chopping it back earlier.

There are quite a few non-climbing honeysuckles, including winter flowering ones and one with bright red flowers.

Korean mint which is not a mint, ie Mentha species. I can’t remember, but I think it’s an Agastache

Depends on which definition you’re using. Culinary herb - yes! Think of Juniper berries. Herb in the botanical sense, of plant with no woody parts, again yes.

Mint dies on us too!

Bahahaha this really made me laugh! Sorry for the loss of your garden to the mint tho 😳😂

I also murder all plants, even cacti, and am now contemplating picking up some mint seeds 😳

I really think that, in honour of this thread and your all-round knowledge of gardening, you should have name-changed to DereMintOfPandect.

Isn't it fantastic,smells like Aero 🤣

I have chocolate mint, pineapple mint and apple mint all in a big terracotta pot together, by the back door. It looks great, and loving Moroccan mint teas in this heat - gorgeous!

I have marjoram in a bed, along with chives and oregano. It is very well behaved.

I inherited a raised herb bed in my last house. Well it was a herb bed once. I spent a hot sunny day digging out the undulating field of mint, unearthing scores of plant markers of long lost herbs as I went. Plus a very fat toad, and his extensive collection of very fat slugs. He was not pleased to see me, he had a truly idyllic life going on there.

The only things which coexisted with the mint were a rosemary bush and some gigantic sage

How about lovage as an additional herb? If you dry the leaves, a little of the powder added to fromage frais with some garlic mayonnaise makes a lovely dip. I found putting sprigs on kitchen paper and blasting them in the microwave dried them quickly. It's known as the Maggi herb and gives a lovely celery flavour.

I put mint in a plastic pot to contain it and then buried it directly in my herb garden. It's on its last legs now. I have two other mints in individual pots and they're doing great (despite me constantly snipping them for mojitos). Lemon thyme is my favourite herb but be warned, it also appears to be a favourite with the slugs.