I have spearmint, chocolate mint and pineapple mint all growing like crazy and they all came from cuttings from my neighbours garden... They gave me permission to take it first of course!
You can grow lavender in the same way, just take cuttings from a lavender, poke them into a pot of compost and they will establish new roots in a matter of weeks
Just don't leave it on a hot sunny window sill-it will wilt as it can't take up water quick enough to keep up-as has been said- one of the easiest plants to grow from cuttings.
Yes, you've sussed it - put it in a shady spot - mint prefers cooler conditions anyway, it's not like the mediterranean herbs. So put it in a jar of water on a north or east facing windowsill and just keep checking that it doesn't dry out. Eventually you'll see some roots forming. When there are quite a few roots tip most of the water out and add some compost to the jar, keep it on the windowsill and keep it damp for a couple more weeks and it'll have grown into a healthy mint plant for you to plant in your garden.
I always get a large plastic pot (12 - 14" diam) and cut the bottom out, then sink it into the herb bed with the rim just proud of the soil surface, and plant the mint inside it. This helps prevent it from taking over the whole garden - but you'll still have to keep an eye on the spreading runners and keeping it within it's designated area
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Trailing mint in baskets sounds lovely!
Just don't leave it on a hot sunny window sill-it will wilt as it can't take up water quick enough to keep up-as has been said- one of the easiest plants to grow from cuttings.
Yes, you've sussed it - put it in a shady spot - mint prefers cooler conditions anyway, it's not like the mediterranean herbs. So put it in a jar of water on a north or east facing windowsill and just keep checking that it doesn't dry out. Eventually you'll see some roots forming. When there are quite a few roots tip most of the water out and add some compost to the jar, keep it on the windowsill and keep it damp for a couple more weeks and it'll have grown into a healthy mint plant for you to plant in your garden.
I always get a large plastic pot (12 - 14" diam) and cut the bottom out, then sink it into the herb bed with the rim just proud of the soil surface, and plant the mint inside it. This helps prevent it from taking over the whole garden - but you'll still have to keep an eye on the spreading runners and keeping it within it's designated area
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like that slightly furry one. Can't think what it's called
In the sticks near Peterborough
Catmint