Hortela is another name for Peppermint and this site has an amazing amount of information about this one plant. The first thing you notice is the incredible list of chemicals contained in the lowly Hortela plant. Talk about your many and varied names! It is important to realize that all these chemicals work together to make Peppermint and, any other herb for that matter, give it its unique taste and healing properties.  It seems impossible that a single element removed from the plant and inserted in a tablet, could possibly work as well as the Peppermint from your own back yard. 

Like all mints, Peppermint, should be confined to a pot. Mints grow better in pots with lots of surface area rather than lots of depth. Our 14 inch Terra Roma Bowl makes a great mint pot, at least for the first year. After that, your mint will need to be divided and repotted with fresh soil each spring. 

Peppermint makes a great addition to our
Tea Herb Garden Six Packs.

Uses: Butterfly Plant, Culinary, Fragrant,
Medicinal

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