Best time to plant mint in Rutherglen
Mentha spicata
Also called spearmint, garden mint, common mint
Sow mint in Rutherglen 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 Rutherglen
Rutherglen, VIC 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 Rutherglen
Frost usually arrives in Rutherglen around early April and finishes by early November. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid March or as late as mid December, 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.