Best time to plant mint in Eucla
Mentha spicata
Also called spearmint, garden mint, common mint
Sow mint in Eucla in May to Jul.
The common garden mint is spearmint, a perennial with square stems, serrated leaves and thick underground rhizomes that spread widely. Leaves flavour food and herbal teas, and flower spikes come in pink or white. It grows 30 to 100 cm tall and has settled into temperate regions worldwide.
When to sow in Eucla
Eucla, WA is in the arid zone. Its months for mint apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Eucla
Frost usually arrives in Eucla around mid July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid June or as late as mid September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: can spread
Spreads underground into neighbouring beds. Grow it in a tub.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 1mm
- Plant spacing
- 25cm
- Row spacing
- 35cm
- Height
- 60cm
- Germination
- 10-14 days at 13-18°C
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Part sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.