Peppermint - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peppermint - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Peppermint - Fresh Cut

Edible
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Peppermint reads cold on the tongue - higher menthol and sharper than spearmint, which is exactly what you want in tea and in anything sweet.
Size: 2 oz Clamshell
Quantity
Peppermint - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Peppermint - Fresh Cut

$6.00
Peppermint - Fresh Cut — photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Peppermint - Fresh Cut

$6.00
Size: 2 oz Clamshell
Description

Stems in water on the counter or bagged in the fridge for a week. Bruise the leaves rather than chopping them to release the oil without turning them black. Excellent dried for tea.

Specifications
  • Grown in: Lineville, Alabama (no pesticides)
  • Freshness: Harvested at peak and sold fresh
  • Availability: Seasonal - local Alabama delivery & pickup
  • Storage: Stems in water, or loosely bagged in the crisper - up to a week
Care Instructions
  • Light: Grown in part shade through our summers, full sun in the cooler months
  • Water: Grown on consistently moist soil - mint is one of the few herbs that genuinely wants it wet
  • Soil: Grown in rich, moisture-holding soil and kept in contained beds, because peppermint runs on underground stolons and will take over anything next to it if it is planted loose.
  • Feeding: Fed lightly and often through the cutting season to keep the new growth tender.
Growing Zone

No hardiness zone on this one — it's harvested and sold to eat, not to plant. If you're after the plant itself rather than the crop, check our starters and herb plants.

Questions & Answers

What is the difference between peppermint and spearmint?
Peppermint is a natural hybrid with a high menthol content - cold, sharp, and assertive. Spearmint is softer and sweeter with almost no menthol bite. For tea and chocolate, peppermint; for lamb, peas, and most savoury use, spearmint.

Should I bruise it or chop it?
Bruise it - press it with the flat of a knife or slap it between your palms. Chopping mint on a board oxidises the cut edges and turns them dark and slightly bitter within minutes.

Can I make tea with it fresh?
Yes, and it is better than dried. Use a generous handful per cup, pour water just off the boil over it, and steep four to five minutes. Boiling water directly on the leaves scalds them.

Does it keep well?
Reasonably - about a week with stems in water. It is the leaves that go first; if the tops wilt, plunge the whole bunch into cold water for ten minutes and it will usually come back.

Shipping & Returns

Alabama only. This one is picked fresh and never leaves the state.

Where it goes

Local delivery and farm pickup within Alabama. We don't ship produce, microgreens, cut herbs or edible flowers out of state — they're picked at peak and wouldn't survive the trip.

What it costs

$9.95 local delivery, free over $75.

Pickup

Free at the farm in Lineville, or find us at the Clay County and Acworth farmers markets.

When

Cut to order. We'll reach out to set a delivery or pickup time, usually within a day or two of your order.

Refrigerate on arrival. Fresh items are best within a few days.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Moderate

Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Evenly damp, never standing wet.

Mature Size

Under 1 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Edible Garden · Cut Flowers · Containers & Patio

Traits

  • EdibleSome part of it is grown to be eaten. We grow without pesticides, so it needs nothing more than a rinse.
  • FragrantVolatile oils released by warmth. Scent peaks in afternoon heat or at dusk depending on which pollinator the flower is built for.
  • Deer ResistantDeer feed by scent first. Aromatic oils, fuzzy leaves and milky sap all read as "not food," so this gets browsed last — though a hungry herd in late winter will test anything.
  • Good for ContainersCompact, fibrous roots that tolerate a confined pot. Container soil dries several times faster than a bed, so check it more often than you think you need to.

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