Can mint in pots be neighbors?

In my experience, many mints spread more vigorously via runners than by seed. So if they are in beds together, they will grow into each other. I have mints growing in beds next to other beds of mint and they haven't hybridized that I have noticed. I currently have 6 types of mint but have had as many as 16 different mints at one time.

@vickeym Yes, most of my mints survive the winter outside. I currently have spearmint, peppermint, chocolate mint, strawberry mint, apple mint, orange mint and I just bought lemon mint. The orange mint isn't as hardy as the others and needs a bit more protection. I don't know how hardy the lemon mint will be. It is the first year for it.

I had lime mint but it died out after the second winter. I had banana mint one year but it didn't even survive one winter. Swiss candy mint is very hardy. I wanted to remove it from the bed it was in and it took forever to get rid of it all. Same with Moroccan mint. Kentucky bourbon mint and Mojito mint are also very hardy. Grapefruit mint is much hardier than the other "citrus" flavour mints. Ginger mint isn't quite as hardy but does well with protection, similar to orange mint. Pineapple mint is pretty hardy although a really hard winter will take it out. Fruit mint survived for a couple of years.

Corsican mint is much less hardy than others and it is really more of a ground cover. Richters says it was the original mint that creme de menthe was made from. But not hardy for me so probably not for you either.

My mints are all confined in raised beds. Mints are all highly invasive for the most part, even escaping between the spaces where the boards meet. No other protection except for the orange mint which gets a bit of leaf mulch.

@vickeym I think you will find that they do much better in beds than pots. I have had them die in pots, too. If you have a slightly damp spot in the shade, they should thrive. I know people who have taken old wash tubs with no bottoms and sunk those in the ground to use as containment for mint.

This is a link to the atlas page with pics. Lots of info on this page if you expand the tabs below the pics. "Species Information" will give you a good description. Click on the tab underneath the photo that says "View all photos for this taxon" and it will take you to a page of pics. If you click where it says "View our new interactive map" it will (slowly) open to a new page with a map that you can scroll through and click on location dots.

One of the biggest indicators that you have the right plant is the very distinct odour of mint. You may smell it before you find it. Its very common in my area along lake shores and most water courses (streams, creeks, rivers, bogs).