How to get rid of mint

[NigelHarmansNewWife]

There is spearmint in a large, sloping border we have. I have dug it out several times and also hacked it back as a quick fix when weather was bad and I was short of time. It comes back every time. There are other lovely plants in the same border meaning I'm not sure I could use weed suppressing membrane without digging out other things, which I'd rather not do. I haven't tried weed killer yet because of the other plants. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips on what to do/use? Leaving it isn't an option as it's become increasingly invasive.

Just keep pulling it up. It took me one season to pull up mint.

I got rid of mine by just pulling and digging and pulling. It did take a good couple of seasons. Mint is up there with ground elder for invasiveness, but i find it very satisfying to weed out.

If it's growing in a clump and not through other plants, you could try putting black plastic over it, weighed down, and just digging up any that grows outwith the plastic. Excluding light and air should do it.

I find a sage plant quickly smothers it.

Embrace the mintiness. Our garden smells lovely when we cut the grass. 😂

Appreciate it doing a good ground-cover job, and just cut it back/pull bits up where it’s in the way? It’s really good at dissuading ants, and the flowers are lovely and attract bees, so there’s that. Plus you can make mint sauce, apple and mint jelly, and enjoy copious amounts of mint tea 😁

Thanks everyone. I'm just going to have to keep pulling and digging it out. I tried embracing it, but it's spread and pushed out other plants I paid good money for.