Peppermint Farm & Garden

Hardy / perennial / tea plant, medicinal plant, / H. up to 80cm/ best propagated by root cuttings / sunny position / humus rich soil / blossom colour purple-pink / flowering time 7, 8
Pungent, hairy perennial with lancelet, grey-green, tapering leaves. Dark pink flowers in a terminal whorl from summer to autumn. Leaves are used to flavour meat and beans, young leaves and shoots for tea.