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Indian Mint Yerba Buena

Indian Mint Yerba Buena

SATUREJA douglasii 'Indian Mint'

Blooms Summer
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Common Name(s)
Yerba Buena ("Good Herb")
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
Up to 6"
Max Spread
Over 24"
Special Features
California Native, Ground cover, Great for hanging baskets
Garden Design Role
Hanging baskets, Ground cover
Bloom Season
Summer
Lifespan
Annual
Growing Habit
Ground cover, Bushy
Drought Resistance
Moderate drought resistance
Bloom Color
Purple, White, Pink
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green
Themes
Cool Blue, Sunset, Pastel
Genus
Satureja
Family
Lamiaceae
Ship Size
4"

Indian Mint Yerba Buena spreads a low evergreen carpet of small deep green leaves along slender rooting runners, scattered with tiny two-lipped flowers in white and pale lavender from spring into fall. Brush past the mat and Satureja douglasii releases a cool, unmistakably minty scent. It arrives as a live 4-inch plant.

This is the plant for shaded ground that nothing else will hold: beneath shrubs, along a woodland path, at the front of a coastal border where it can trail over stone. It roots as it runs, knitting into a broad mat, and it is just as happy spilling from a hanging basket or softening a container rim.

Fun fact: Spanish-speaking settlers called it yerba buena, the good herb, and the settlement that grew into San Francisco carried that name until 1847.

  • Sunlight: Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Drought Tolerance: Moderate
  • Mature Size: Up to 6" tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 7–10 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Perennial Zones: 7–10
  • Special: California Native, Ground cover

Your plant leaves our greenhouse in good health and arrives that way, or we replace it free.