Wild Mint
- Product number: 830992.1
- Origin: Eurasia
- Latin: Mentha arvensis
This species is the main source of our menthol candies! At least the Japanese variety of this tasty wild mint. Its rather mild flavor suits many dishes and makes a gentle mint tea. Give the plants a moist spot; they don't mind wet feet.
All mint varieties grow in sun or shade. In the sun, the most compact growth and the most intense color, scent, and flavor develop. Each species goes through 2 growth stages: in spring, there's an upward growth spurt before flowering. Afterward, horizontally (hard) growing runners emerge, which develop into new plants elsewhere. Bees and butterflies love mint flowers.
Names:
Latin: Mentha arvensis
Dutch: Akkermunt
Also known as: Japanse munt
English: Field Mint
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- Flower colour: Light purple flowers that attract bees
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Hardy: Forst hardy
- Origin: Eurasia
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Mentha arvensis
- Dutch: Wild mint
- Also known as: Japanese yen
- English: Field Mint
