Moroccan Mint Plants

Mentha spicata crispa Moroccan

Moroccan Mint is the best mint ( na'na in Moroccan Arabic) with which to make tea. It is a slightly tidier plant than common mint, although equally indestructible and every bit as invasive. Moroccan Mint has the pointed, bright green leaves with serrated edges that are typical of all members of the mint family.

Browse all of our mint varieties.

A herb garden staple

This is a mint that is best grown in a large pot as it sends out root runners out that will take over your herb bed. All mint is invasive, and needs to be treated as such. The leaves taste best before it has flowered so pick the leaves when needed and use them straight away. They also freeze well. To extend the season, cut down mint plants before they flower to make them produce fresh young growth that you can carry on picking.

If pot grown, it is best to pull the roots to pieces in early spring and repot healthy bits of root in fresh compost. Otherwise, you end up with weedy, virus prone plants.

Don't plant mint varieties next to each other: Curiously, if you plant one type of mint right next to another, they lose their individual scent and flavour.

Features

• Height: to 60 cm
• Spread: indefinite unless contained
• Colour: bright green, pointed, serrated edge, mauve/purple flowers
• Flowers: July-August
• Uses: culinary, herb garden - good for cooking and tea
• Spacing: 30 cm
• Scent: spearmint
• Habit: upright, vigorous
• Life: hardy perennial

Mint Tea

The mint tea that is popular across North Africa is made by steeping green tea with mint leaves; invariably offered to guests and visitors, Moroccans drink it throughout the day and evening.

Moroccan Mint rarely succumbs to pests or diseases. It requires little looking after unless your soil is especially poor in which case a mulch of compost occasionally will be beneficial. Keep cutting the plant down before it flowers to encourage the growth of fresh young leaves. Contain the roots in a pot or a bucket sunk into the ground.