Mint Bouquet: The cheap, low maintenance, herb/decor that won't let you down

When I moved to England one of the few luxury items I brought with me was a blue Heath Ceramics vase gifted to me for my birthday from my childhood friend. I have tried to keep it filled with flowers but as you know, flowers can be hard to keep if you want them around all the time. 

One day, after failing to get mint seeds to sprout after sowing for the second time, I gave up and bought fresh mint from the herb section of the grocery store, trimmed the stems and the lower leaves leaving just the top 2-4 leaves and a long bare stem, filled my vase with water, and stuck them in. Now, I was doing this to get roots to grow to then transfer to a plant pot but they were so lush and beautiful that I transferred just two to soil. I trimmed the rest of the herb pack for the vase and now I have an ever growing green bouquet! 

I eventually got some seeds to sprout after placing the seeds on a wet paper towel in a plastic bag and standing it up against a window for full sun but it’s just not worth it, especially for my tiny apartment herb garden. Luckily mint can easily grow roots from a cutting and are low maintenance to keep which means I can use and trim what’s in the vase and it will continue to grow. 

I had a little herb patch in my mom’s back garden and every season we’d have to pull sections of mint out because they’re invasive (I didn’t plant them with any rooting barriers which was a mistake) and notoriously hard to kill so trust me that even if you do not have a green thumb, your mint will thrive in a vase or garden. If you’re growing mint in just water, make sure to check the water level every so often. I like to change water once a week to give my plant lots of TLC.