There are loads of different mint 'flavours', so no real way of knowing exactly which you have - just enjoy it and add more to your collection. Their requirements are all about the same. Most mints have watermint in their parentage, so like don't like to dry out.
I checked if eau-de-cologne mint is also known as orange mint and it is. I also found out that eau-de-cologne was originally made from eau-de-cologne mint, so I've learned something too.
My mint plants are in little troughs under a wooden bench in my south-facing back garden (so they get a little sun and some shade). They get almost no care whatsoever, I just pull the weeds out now and then and water when I remember.
As philippa says above lemon verbena tea is almost too lemony - more lemmony than a lemon!, a great plant that I also have in a pot somewhere in the garden. It looks dead until may then springs into life.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I was going to suggest Moroccan mint... I have spearmint, moroccan mint and something that was labelled garden mint that look quite similar. My pineapple mint is cream and green, def not what you've got.
I'll go and have a look when it's a bit warmer... (Not sure where you're planning to plant your mints but ideally keep them in separate pots, some are much more vigourous than others and would take over the world! Also much easier to label )
It's so confusing cuz there are so many kinds of mint! haha!
Brenda, yeah it does look a lot like Yerba Buena, huh. It also looks like Mojito mint and Kentucky Colonel mint, though. This is driving me a bit insane
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There are loads of different mint 'flavours', so no real way of knowing exactly which you have - just enjoy it and add more to your collection. Their requirements are all about the same. Most mints have watermint in their parentage, so like don't like to dry out.
I checked if eau-de-cologne mint is also known as orange mint and it is. I also found out that eau-de-cologne was originally made from eau-de-cologne mint, so I've learned something too.
My mint plants are in little troughs under a wooden bench in my south-facing back garden (so they get a little sun and some shade). They get almost no care whatsoever, I just pull the weeds out now and then and water when I remember.
As philippa says above lemon verbena tea is almost too lemony - more lemmony than a lemon!, a great plant that I also have in a pot somewhere in the garden. It looks dead until may then springs into life.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I will definitely read about that plant as I love lemons. Hope we have that here in the Philippines.
Best of luck to you and your herb garden
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I was going to suggest Moroccan mint... I have spearmint, moroccan mint and something that was labelled garden mint that look quite similar. My pineapple mint is cream and green, def not what you've got.
I'll go and have a look when it's a bit warmer... (Not sure where you're planning to plant your mints but ideally keep them in separate pots, some are much more vigourous than others and would take over the world! Also much easier to label
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Thanks for the advice, Julie! I plant them in pots as we don't have a backyard where we currently live.
I was thinking Mojito Mint. They say it's not very minty and mine tastes like mild toothpaste with a tiny tiny hint of bitterness.
I was thinking Moroccan mint as well.
seems there are more varieties of mint -than rose types.....
Brenda, yeah it does look a lot like Yerba Buena, huh. It also looks like Mojito mint and Kentucky Colonel mint, though. This is driving me a bit insane