I have started a herb garden and know about most, but not sure about penny royal?
2007-04-23 00:33:57 · 7 answers · asked by Sandy 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Penny royal is easy to care for. I have mine planted in a cooler, slightly shady area of my garden where it does really well (it's ok in full sun too, but i think in the wild it likes riverside locations with a bit of shade, so recreate this if you can).
It's a perennial (comes back every year) and fully hardy; it's also not often attacked by insects either which is great. it's semi-prostrate in habit (likes to grow along the surface of the ground a bit) so put it somewhere where it has room to do this or where you need a bit of groundcover. can be raised from seed, or you can buy plants at a garden centre/nursery. i don't think it's as invasive as other mints, but i have mine in the ground in a container, to restrict the roots and prevent it taking over.
can be used like spearmint or peppermint in cookery. Good luck!
2007-04-23 01:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by Scot-Rob 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mentha pulegium (Penny royal) is classed as a carpeter to walk on, plant in a cobbled path, and when walked on and crushed, the aroma is exquisite; is a much branched prostrate species for moist shade with whorls of lilac flowers and small leaves. Apply a general fertiliser annually in spring.
You should propagate by division of rhizomes in spring, remember penny royal is an invasive plant and growth should be restricted.
Professional Gardner for 30 odd yrs.
2007-04-23 03:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by Big wullie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grow my mint varieties FAR AWAY from areas where I have other plants. Penny Royal is no exception. I have one 'bit' under a far away tree, one in a 5 gallon bucket on the porch (for tea) and another at an end of the raised bed where I can keep checking and reducing its growth.
2007-04-23 01:56:03 · answer #3 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hit it with roundup now. Or move it to a pot. Penny Royal is extremely aggressive and will take over your herb garden if you don't keep after it.
Same goes for any of the mints, including catmint.
2007-04-23 01:35:36 · answer #4 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pennyroyal is a small, prostrate member of the mint genus, regarding spearmint and so on. It has lilac flora in whorls. Its Latin call is Mentha pulegium. right here in Britain it somewhat is attending to be an rather scarce plant, extinct over super factors.
2016-12-10 09:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this, www.superbherbs.net/growing. htm
I use this site all the time and you can get specific answers by emailing sara@superbherbs.net
Good luck
2007-04-23 00:50:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this page. Theres links aswell which should help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_royal
2007-04-23 00:44:47 · answer #7 · answered by Malcolm M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋