Buy Fresh Pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium) Plant - Enhance Your Garden's Aroma Today!
- Common name:
- Pennyroyal, Penny Royal
- Category:
- Spice plants & edible Herbs, Groundcovers
- Family:
- Labiatae or Tulsi family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Low spreading
- Special Character:
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- Fragrant flowers or leaves
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Must have for Farm house or big gardens
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Less than a hundred
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Plant Description:
- - 4 to 16 inch tall, used to flavor sausages and to scent potpourria and soaps.
- Great to add a few sprigs to any meat or omlette.
- tastes great in salads too.
- Used for Scent pot pourris and soaps.
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Growing tips:
- - Menthas are easily grown in ordinary, fairly moist garden soil and partial shade.
- Grows well in full sun in coastal areas or in semi shade in hot and dry areas.
- Plants are usually grown in pots. They can be kept in balconies and sunny windows that get the morning or evening sunlight.
- Good organic fertilizer will produce lots of leaves and a happy looking plant.
