Dizzy Bees is a URBAN garden in a large subdivision, located on beautiful Vancouver Island on the Westcoast of Canada.
While we started our journey to grow food, it soon became apparent that the bees didn’t know we were here. So, we began growing for the bees, pollinators, butterflies, birds, and one of our favorites: hummingbirds. Not only are they essential to growing food, but they each play an important role in creating a healthy ecosystem in every garden.
200 seeds
Peppermint
Mentha x piperata.
Perennial and hardy to Zone 4.
Medicinal Herb
White to lilac flowers
Cut flowers
Tea
Easy to grow
Edible flowers
Highly attractive to bees
Suited to containers
Hot, rich mint aroma issues from the crushed or dried leaves
Both the leaves and flowers can be dried for teas or use in stews and sauces.
Easy and fast to grow. In boggy settings it can spread by underground rhizome, but this is easy to control by growing it in containers. The leaves dry well and even fresh they make a nice tea — an even nicer mojito. Sow the seeds indoors a month or two before the last frost date, and transplant out when night time temperatures are steadily above 10°C