Tea Mint Collection

6 Live Mint Cuttings

Create a varied tea garden with six aromatic mint varieties.

This collection brings together familiar favorites and distinctive specialty mints selected for their different fragrances, foliage, and culinary possibilities. It is an enjoyable choice for tea gardens, container plantings, homestead herb collections, and gardeners who want to compare several mint varieties.

Each cutting is freshly harvested from plants grown at our Blue Ridge Mountain homestead and carefully prepared for shipment.

Included in This Collection

Peppermint

Botanical Name: Mentha × piperita

A strongly aromatic mint commonly grown for tea blends, infused water, and culinary herb gardens.

Spearmint

Botanical Name: Mentha spicata

A familiar mint with a character generally considered milder than peppermint. It is commonly used in teas, beverages, garnishes, and culinary recipes.

Mojito Mint

Botanical Name: Mentha × villosa

An aromatic mint traditionally associated with mojitos and other refreshing beverages. It also makes an interesting addition to tea and culinary herb gardens.

Apple Mint

Botanical Name: Mentha suaveolens

A softly textured mint appreciated for its mild aroma, fuzzy foliage, and use in teas, infused water, and specialty mint collections.

Pineapple Mint

Botanical Name: Mentha suaveolens ‘Variegata’

A variegated form of Apple Mint with cream-and-green foliage. It adds ornamental interest to containers, tea gardens, and specialty mint collections.

Egyptian Mint

Botanical Name: Mentha niliaca

A distinctive mint valued for its aromatic foliage and place in specialty tea and herb collections.

Fragrance and flavor are naturally subjective and can vary according to variety, season, maturity, temperature, sunlight, soil, and other growing conditions.

What You Will Receive

• One Peppermint cutting

• One Spearmint cutting

• One Mojito Mint cutting

• One Apple Mint cutting

• One Pineapple Mint cutting

• One Egyptian Mint cutting

• Six rockwool rooting cubes

• Moisture-protective packaging for transit

• Basic care and propagation instructions

Total: Six fresh, unrooted mint cuttings

Each cutting will be approximately 6–8 inches long.

This collection contains unrooted plant cuttings—not established, rooted plants.

Because each cutting is naturally grown and individually harvested, its size, branching, leaf shape, foliage color, variegation, fragrance, and overall appearance may vary from the listing photographs.

Why Grow a Tea Mint Collection?

Growing several mint varieties allows you to harvest fresh foliage and experiment with different tea combinations, infused beverages, garnishes, and culinary recipes.

This collection offers:

• A range of mint fragrances and flavor profiles

• Both solid-green and variegated foliage

• Six individually identified varieties

• Vigorous plants suitable for containers

• Flowers that may attract visiting pollinators

• An interesting introduction to specialty mint collecting

A particular fragrance, flavor, amount of variegation, or harvest quantity cannot be guaranteed.

Growing Information

Plant Type: Perennial herbs in suitable growing zones

Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade

Water Requirements: Prefer consistently moist, well-draining soil after rooting

Growth Habit: Vigorous and spreading

Suitable for Containers: Yes

Pollinator Friendly: Flowers may attract visiting pollinators

Mint spreads readily through underground runners. Growing these varieties in separate containers is recommended when you want to limit their spread and prevent them from growing together.

Garden performance and winter hardiness depend on the individual variety, the purchaser’s climate, growing zone, soil, planting location, and ongoing care.

Popular Uses

• Herbal tea gardens

• Fresh tea blends

• Iced tea

• Infused water

• Culinary recipes

• Fresh garnishes

• Pollinator-friendly growing spaces

• Container gardening

• Homestead herb collections

Wash fresh plant material thoroughly before culinary use. These products are sold as live plant material and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Important: Care Immediately After Delivery

Please unpack all six cuttings immediately after delivery and remove all shipping materials.

Place the lower portion of each stem in clean, room-temperature water for a minimum of 48 hours. Keep all leaves above the waterline, with only the lower stem and at least one propagation node in the water.

Keep each variety identified and separated during recovery and rooting.

This recovery period allows the cuttings to rehydrate and recover from normal shipping stress before rooting begins.

During the recovery period:

• Keep the cuttings in bright, indirect light

• Keep them away from direct sunlight and extreme temperatures

• Replace the water if it becomes cloudy

• Do not add fertilizer

• Do not allow any leaves to remain submerged

Temporary wilting or softness can occur after shipping and does not necessarily indicate that a cutting is damaged.

Rooting Your Cuttings

After the initial 48-hour recovery period, continue rooting each cutting using one of these methods:

• Keep the lower stem and propagation node in clean water

• Place the lower stem and propagation node into a pre-soaked rockwool cube supplied with water

Six rockwool cubes are included so each cutting can be rooted separately.

Keep all leaves above the waterline and do not allow the rockwool cubes to dry out. Provide bright, indirect light while roots develop.

Do not transfer the cuttings into soil immediately after delivery.

Allow each cutting to remain in water or water-supplied rockwool until several healthy roots have developed and the roots are at least two inches long. Once a cutting’s roots reach that length, it may be transplanted into an appropriate potting mix.

The six varieties may root at different rates. Rooting time varies according to the variety, temperature, light, water quality, and other growing conditions.

Learn More Before You Buy

Visit The Robertson Rottie Ranch on YouTube and follow our Mountain Apothecary series for:

• Herb profiles

• Growing guides

• Harvesting techniques

• Tea preparation

• Rooting and propagation methods

• Homestead gardening

• Garden planning and maintenance

Important Information About Live Cuttings

These products are living, unrooted plant cuttings. Successful rooting and future plant growth depend on shipping conditions, temperature, handling, propagation method, moisture, light, climate, and ongoing care.

We carefully select and package each cutting, but rooting success, fragrance, flavor, variegation, longevity, and future plant performance cannot be guaranteed.

If The Robertson Rottie Ranch makes an error with your order or is unable to fulfill it, we will address the issue in accordance with our Return & Refund Policy.

Shipping

Live plant orders are generally processed within 1–5 business days and normally ship Monday through Wednesday to reduce the likelihood of weekend carrier delays.

Your cuttings will be wrapped with moisture-protective materials and carefully packaged for transit. Tracking information will be provided when your order ships.

Live cuttings are available for purchase only when we are actively accepting and fulfilling plant orders. If seasonal temperatures or severe weather require us to pause live-plant shipping, this listing will be marked unavailable until ordering resumes.

Customers are responsible for confirming that these plants can legally be shipped to and grown at their destination.

From Our Homestead to Yours

These cuttings are grown and freshly harvested by Mountain Moon Apothecary, the botanical and herb-growing line of The Robertson Rottie Ranch, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Thank you for supporting our small mountain homestead.