Although mint is a popular herb that is a great plant for beginner gardeners to grow, cultivating it in the ground could lead ...

Once roots form, place the mint plant in a pot with soil and watch it thrive. If you want to add mint to your garden, keep it contained in a pot or planter — mint is invasive and grows like a weed.

How to Grow It in Pots and Containers The best way to grow mint is to limit the spread of the plant's roots by planting it first in a pot, then sinking the pot into the soil within a larger container.

Mint consists of a very broad family of 3,500 plants, and all of them have square stems and opposite leaves. 1 Aside from that, each type of mint is incredibly different; you may not have known as ...

Q. I can never get my mint to thrive. I plant it in pots, water and give it morning sun. This year I put some potted mint under the trees, but it looks just as scraggly.

Each Afghan family will be given a potted mint plant, so they can grow the herb indoors for "a regular supply of fresh mint," according to the URI Master Gardener program.

How to Grow It in Pots and Containers The best way to grow mint is to limit the spread of the plant's roots by planting it first in a pot, then sinking the pot into the soil within a larger container.