Water mint (bottom)
Mentha aquatica (likely)
The big mint in the bottom of the pond, in a mesh basket. Fuzzy leaves and lilac pompom flowers point to water mint (Mentha aquatica), which bees and butterflies love. A piece has already been split off into a smaller basket.
Runners are escaping through the basket, so trim them back before they root into the gravel. The round-leaved creeper around its base is a separate plant (tbc).
- Common name
- Water mint (bottom)
- Section
- Pond
- Spot
- Garden
- Soil
- Aquatic compost (tbc)
- Options
Potential
A leafy marginal feature for the pond edge, with flowering stems adding seasonal interest.
- From
- A mail-order nursery, 2026
- Age
- About 1 year
- Next repot
- tbc
- Edible
- 🤔 Sort of: Water mint is edible, but it has been in the pond.
- Hardy
- ✅ Fully
- Garden-centre price
- about £8
Did you know?
Water mint is one of the parents of peppermint, a natural cross between water mint and spearmint.
Care & updates
- Observation
Big, bushy plant in a mesh basket with lilac pompom flowers going over. Roots and runners escaping through the basket mesh and trailing over the edge. A division has been split off into a smaller basket (see Marginal baskets).
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