How to tend a Mentha cervina
Also known as: Mentha multifida Stokes, Mentha punctata Moench, Preslia cervina (L.) Fresen., Preslia glabriflora Opiz, Preslia villiflora Opiz, Pulegium cervinum (L.) Mill., Preslia cervina subvar. glabriflora (Opiz) Nyman, Preslia cervina subvar. villiflora (Opiz) Nyman
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Not resistant to drought, water thoroughly when soil is dry, water thoroughly when soil is dry, water every day in summer, every 2-3 days in other seasons
Sunlight
Long-day plant, likes adequate sunshine, shade properly under summer noon strong light
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Need more fertilization, apply once every 10 days with nitrogen liquid fertilizers
Pruning
Remove old diseased and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Asia
- Category
- Labiatae, Mentha
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠10 cm
- Blooming period
- Vanilla plants, flowering period July-September
- Flower colors
- Leaf color green, flower color light purple, white, pink
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