Peppermint

Periwinkle

About Peppermint and Periwinkle

Peppermint

Periwinkle

Add ⊕

1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual and Perennial

Perennial

1.2 Type

Herbaceous Perennial, Herbs

Flowering Plants, Shrubs

1.3 Origin

Europe, Middle East

Madagascar

1.4 Types

Mentha × piperita 'Candymint', Mentha × piperita 'Citrata', Mentha × piperita 'Crispa'

Purple vinca, Vinca, cherry red, strawberry color

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

About Rice Plant

⊕

▶

▼

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall)▶

Rank: 67 (Overall)▶

▲

About Elderberry

⊕

▶

411 (About Canna)

◀ ▶ ADD ⊕

1.5 Habitat

Wide range of ecological site

Subtropical climates, Tropical regions

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

3-7

4-9

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

Not Available

12-1

1.8 Sunset Zone

Not Available

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

About American ..

⊕

▶

▼

60.00 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

1.97 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

▲

About Cyclamen

⊕

▶

350 (About Privet)

◀ ▶ ADD ⊕

2.1.2 Minimum Width

About Flowering..

⊕

▶

▼

50.00 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

2.96 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

▲

About Evening Primrose

⊕

▶

243.84 (About Acerola)

◀ ▶ ADD ⊕

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Purple

Magenta, Pink, Rose

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Not Available

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Non Fruiting Plant

Not Available

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Dark Green, Green

Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

Dark Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Ovate elongated

Oval

2.4 Thorns

✔ ✘

3% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

15% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer

Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Partial shade

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam

Loamy, Sandy, Well drained

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral, Slightly Acidic, Slightly Alkaline

Neutral, Slightly Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Late Summer, Mid Summer

Fall, Spring, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

44% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

46% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Drought, Pollution, Salt

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

From Rhizomes, Vegetative Reproduction

Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Low

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Requires plenty of water during the growing season

Does not require lot of watering, Medium

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Less Watering

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral, Slightly Acidic, Slightly Alkaline

Neutral, Slightly Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loamy

Loamy, Sandy, Well drained

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Partial Sun

Partial shade

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Requires very little pruning

Prune ocassionally

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Botrytis Blight, Canker, Crown rot, Pythium rot, Root rot

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

✔ ✘

89% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

98% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Double

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

11% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

29% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

16% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

9% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

53% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

55% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

34% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

7% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

59% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

14% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

54% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

10% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

63% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

52% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

2% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

11% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.6 Foliage Texture

Coarse

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

Glossy

5.8 Evergreen

✔ ✘

7% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

11% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.9 Invasive

✔ ✘

9% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

Sometimes

5.10 Self-Sowing

✔ ✘

68% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

50% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.11 Attracts

Bees

Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

flushing of face, Headache, Heartburn, Sore Throat

Intestinal gas, Nausea, Vomiting

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

Beautification, Showy Purposes

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Maintains teeth healthy

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

91% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

62% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Prevent Soil Erosion

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Mouth Sores, Pain killer, Vitamin A

Chest pain, High blood pressure, Inflammation, Sore throat, Tooth ache, Wounds

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves

Whole plant

6.2.3 Other Uses

In toothpaste, Mouth freshner, Used in flavouring curries, teas, used in Indian cuisine in curries

Decoration Purposes, Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

✔ ✘

48% List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

39% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

All List of Herbs Garden Plants have it !

✔ ✘

All Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.5 Garden Design

Herb

Bedding Plant, Container, Edging

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

Mentha × piperita

Catharanthus roseus

7.2 Common Name

Peppermint

Madagascar periwinkle or rosy periwinkle

7.2.1 In Hindi

पिपरमिंट

Periwinkle

7.2.2 In German

Pfefferminze

Immergrün

7.2.3 In French

Menthe poivrée

Pervenche

7.2.4 In Spanish

Mentha × piperita

Bígaro

7.2.5 In Greek

Μέντα

μυρτιά

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Hortelã-pimenta

Mirta

7.2.7 In Polish

Mięta pieprzowa

Barwinek

7.2.8 In Latin

Peppermint

Periwinkle

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Mollusca

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

Gastropoda

8.4 Order

Lamiales

Geraniales

8.5 Family

Lamiaceae

Apocynaceae

8.6 Genus

Mentha

Catharanthus

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Not Available

8.8 Tribe

Mentheae

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

About Orchid

⊕

▶

▼

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

▲

About Calla Lily

⊕

▶

350 (About Thyme)

◀ ▶ ADD ⊕

Properties of Peppermint and Periwinkle

Wondering what are the properties of Peppermint and Periwinkle? We provide you with everything About Peppermint and Periwinkle. Peppermint doesn't have thorns and Periwinkle doesn't have thorns. Also Peppermint does not have fragrant flowers. Peppermint has allergic reactions like flushing of face, Headache, Heartburn and Sore Throat and Periwinkle has allergic reactions like flushing of face, Headache, Heartburn and Sore Throat. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Peppermint and Periwinkle and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

Compare List of Herbs » More

Peppermint and Shirley Poppy

Peppermint and Baby Blue Eyes Plant

Peppermint and Henbit Deadnettle

» More

More Compare List of Herbs

Season and Care of Peppermint and Periwinkle

Season and care of Peppermint and Periwinkle is important to know. While considering everything about Peppermint and Periwinkle Care, growing season is an essential factor. Peppermint season is Spring and Summer and Periwinkle season is Spring and Summer. The type of soil for Peppermint is Loam and for Periwinkle is Loamy, Sandy, Well drained while the PH of soil for Peppermint is Neutral, Slightly Acidic, Slightly Alkaline and for Periwinkle is Neutral, Slightly Alkaline.

Peppermint and Periwinkle Physical Information

Peppermint and Periwinkle physical information is very important for comparison. Peppermint height is 60.00 cm and width 50.00 cm whereas Periwinkle height is 1.97 cm and width 2.96 cm. The color specification of Peppermint and Periwinkle are as follows:

Peppermint flower color: Purple
Peppermint leaf color: Dark Green
Periwinkle flower color: Magenta, Pink and Rose
Periwinkle leaf color: Dark Green

Care of Peppermint and Periwinkle

Care of Peppermint and Periwinkle include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Peppermint pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves and Requires very little pruning and Periwinkle pruning is done Prune ocassionally. In summer Peppermint needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Less Watering. Whereas, in summer Periwinkle needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.