Peppermint
- Product number: 356400.1
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Mentha x piperita
Perennial, grows everywhere and usually very luxuriantly. Peppermint is considered the purest-tasting mint. Make delicious fresh tea from it in no time. Or... for peppermint oil, herb soups, ice cream, salad etc. The active ingredient menthol provides relief for colds, flu, stomach ache etc. See also Spearmint 348000
All mint varieties grow in the sun or in the shade. In the sun, the most compact growth and the most intense color, scent and taste develop. Each variety goes through 2 growth stages: in spring there is the upward growth spurt for flowering. Afterwards, horizontally (hard) growing runners develop, which grow into new plants in a different location. Bees and butterflies love mint flowers.
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Latin: Mentha x piperita
Dutch: Pepermunt
English: Garden Mint, Peppermint
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- Flower colour: Light purple flowers
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
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- Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Mentha x piperita
- Dutch: Peppermint
- Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
- English: Garden Mint, Peppermint
