Mentha suaveolens
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Mentha suaveolens , Apple Mint
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Mentha
Tight terminal oval clusters of mauve flowers. Oval, hairy, mid green leaves. Culinary; the flowers and leaves are edible. The leaves are good for mint sauces and jellies. Add the chopped leaves to vegetables and salads.
Want to learn more? Read Jekka’s Guide to Mint.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H6 (-15 to -20C)
• Type: Herbaceous Perennial
• Height: 80cm
• Spread: indefinite
Apple Mint can be seen at the herb farm in Jekka’s Herbetum and is available to buy as herb plants.
Details
• Aspect: Full Sun
• Soil type: Chalk, Sand, Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Upright, Creeping
• Flowering colour: Mauve
• Flowering time: Summer
• Uses: Culinary (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: Yes
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed: No
• Propagation: Cuttings & Division
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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