How to tend a Mentha pulegium

Also known as: Melissa pulegium (L.) Griseb., Mentha albarracinensis Pau, Mentha aromatica Salisb., Mentha aucheri Pérard, Mentha subtomentella var. ceplaloniae Heinr.Braun, Mentha daghestanica Boriss., Mentha exigua L., Mentha gibraltarica Willd., Mentha hirtiflora Opiz ex Heinr.Braun, Mentha subtomentella var. humillima Heinr.Braun, Mentha subtomentella var. microphylla (Friv.) Heinr.Braun, Mentha montana Lowe ex Benth., Mentha numidica Poir., Mentha pulegioides Dumort., Mentha pulegium f. alba Rainha, Mentha pulegium f. albiflora Cheshm., Mentha pulegium f. cephalonia Heinr.Braun, Mentha pulegium subsp. cephalonia (Heinr.Braun) Kokkini, Mentha pulegium subsp. erinoides (Heldr.) Kokkini, Mentha pulegium var. hyperiantha Briq., Mentha subtomentella Heinr.Braun, Mentha tomentella Hoffmanns. & Link, Mentha tomentosa Sm., Mentha tomentosa var. villosa Benth., Micromeria dalmatica Fenzl, Micromeria fenzlii Regel, Minthe pulegia (L.) St.-Lag., Pulegium aromaticum Gray, Pulegium daghestanicum (Boriss.) Holub, Pulegium erectum Mill., Pulegium heterophyllum Opiz ex Boenn., Pulegium micranthum Claus, Pulegium pubescens Opiz ex Boenn., Pulegium pulegium H.Karst., Pulegium tomentella C.Presl, Pulegium vulgare Mill., Satureja fenzlii (Vis.) K.Malý, Thymus bidentatus Stokes, Calamintha fenzlii Vis., Mentha pulegium var. exigua (L.) Nyman, Mentha pulegium subsp. tomentosa (Sm.) Nyman, Mentha pulegium var. erecta (Mill.) Briq., Mentha pulegium var. gigantea Lej. & Courtois, Mentha pulegium var. vulgaris (Mill.) Briq., Pulegium vulgare f. nummulariuoides Pérard, Mentha pulegium var. humifusa Lej. & Courtois, Mentha pulegium var. hirsuta Briq., Mentha pulegium var. hirtiflora Heinr.Braun, Micromeria maritima Yıld., Sadikoglu & M.Keskin, Mentha pulegium f. sphenoides Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. foetida Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. strongylophylla Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. macrostylos Topitz, Mentha pulegium var. thymoides Topitz, Mentha pulegium var. cacocea Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. brusanensis Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. anodonta Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. communis Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. stenobasea Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. setuligera Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. hellenica Topitz, Mentha pulegium f. cermatisa Topitz, Mentha pulegium var. cotorensis Topitz, Mentha pulegium var. microphylla Friv., Mentha pulegium var. pubescens Boenn., Mentha pulegium subsp. vulgaris (Mill.) Briq., Mentha pulegium subsp. gibraltarica (Willd.) Briq., Mentha pulegium var. villosa Benth., Mentha pulegium var. prostrata Timb.-Lagr., Pulegium vulgare f. hirsutum Pérard, Pulegium vulgare f. incanum Pérard, Pulegium vulgare f. linearifolium Pérard, Pulegium vulgare f. serratum Pérard, Pulegium vulgare f. algeriense Pérard, Mentha pulegium var. eriantha DC., Pulegium tomentellum f. erianthum Pérard, Pulegium tomentellum f. ninimum Pérard, Mentha pulegium var. subtomentella (Heinr.Braun) Topitz, Mentha pulegium var. strongylophylla (Topitz) Topitz, Mentha pulegium var. heterophylla Boenn., Mentha gryparia Heldr., Mentha pulegium var. pulegioides (Dumort.) Halácsy, Pulegium aromaticum var. album Gray, Pulegium aromaticum var. erectum Gray, Mentha pulegium subvar. prostrata (Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy, Mentha erinoides Heldr., Mentha pulegium var. tomentella (Hoffmanns. & Link) Cout., Mentha pulegium var. gibraltarica (Willd.) Batt.

Watering

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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