Planting guide

When to plant vietnamese mint

Peppery leaves for laksa, rice paper rolls and salads; loves heat and damp soil. In Melbourne it goes in Oct–Feb.

Start as: Potted plant or Seedling
Ready in: 4–7 wks
Spacing: 40 cm
Depth: 0 cm
Sun: Half a day (3–6 hours)
Water: Plenty
Effort: Easy
Frost-tender: Yes, plant after the last frost

When it goes in

● means vietnamese mint can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Newcastle	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Sunshine Coast	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Canberra	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Central Coast	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Geelong	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Wollongong	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Hobart	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Townsville	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Cairns	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Toowoomba	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Darwin	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Ballarat	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Mandurah	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bendigo	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Launceston	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Mackay	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Rockhampton	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Coffs Harbour	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Blue Mountains	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Bunbury	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bundaberg	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Alice Springs	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mildura	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Port Macquarie	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Wellington	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Christchurch	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
London	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Manchester	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Chicago	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Austin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○
Toronto	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Johannesburg	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Singapore	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Mumbai	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Paris	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant vietnamese mint

Plant a rooted cutting or potted plant after the frosts.
Keep the soil wet; it thrives in damp spots and pots with a saucer.
Pick tips often; it can spread, so keep it in a pot.
Cut back and shelter from frost in winter.

Vietnamese Mint varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Common Vietnamese Mint Classicheat-tolerant · hot · 4–7 wksNarrow leaves with a dark chevron and a peppery bite
Rau Ram Classicheat-tolerant · pot-friendly · 4–7 wksThe Vietnamese kitchen herb for laksa and salads

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