Propagation
Sow fresh seeds during spring and maintain a temperature of 19º to 24º C. (66º to 77º F).

Take cuttings during spring to summer and placed in a well drained media.
Carry out root division throughout the year.

Note:
Mentha spicata 	Spearmint
The leaves are essential in mint sauce, jelly, butter or tea. Pieces are also used in cold drinks and as a herb in vegetable dishes and may be dried for pot-pourri.

Botanic information
Leaf: The sessile leaves are lanceolate to oblong with a textured upper surface and may be tomentose on the underside. They are strongly aromatic especially when crushed.

Flower: The tiny 2-lipped flowers are tubulate to campanulate with 4-spreading lobes. They are arranged in a whorled cluster in a dense cylindrical spike with leafy bracts and appear during summer.

Fruit: The small nut is not commonly seen and the plant is normally reproduced vegetatively.