Blossom Wild Herb Lavender Farm

MINT HERB PLANTS

Mentha
Sweet Pear Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: It really gives off an unmistakable hint of sweet, ripe pears. Make a light sweet tea with pear mint, or use the tea to simmer fruits, (apple, peaches, pears, etc.) until soft, let cool and marinate in the frig for about an hour. Also try in yogurt, punch, cream pies and fruit jellies. It is wonderful in salads.
Price: $4.90

Mentha
Variegated Peppermint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Creamy variegated peppermint is more of an ornamental variety of Peppermint, but with the same great peppermint flavor. Peppermint is an excellent digestive aid and has been used for the treatment of morning and motion sickness, as well as an inhalant to treat congestion. Flavorful herb tea, hot or cold.
Variegation will only be on new growth.
Price: $4.90

Mentha aquatica 'Citrata'
Eau de Cologne (Orange)
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Refreshing citrus orange flavor and is tantalizing in teas, fruit salads and chasing those fleas and ants away. The oil is an ingredient in chartreuse liqueur and perfumes.
Price: $4.90

Mentha avensis 'Banana'
Banana Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Pale green, slightly fuzzy leaves with the unusual fragrance of bananas, add to fruit salads, breads or as a garnish. Blend with chocolate mint for a great herbal blend to add to baking brownies.
Price: $4.90

Mentha citrata 'Lemon'
Lemon Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Lemon scented with slightly ruffled leaves, perfect for blending or using alone in herb teas and savory recipes.
Price: $4.90

Mentha citrata 'Lime'
Lime Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Bright green leaves with a strong lime scent and flavor. Great as a garnish were a lime flavor is required. Try it in your salsa recipe or guacamole or toss a leaf in your margarita.
Price: $4.90

Mentha citriodora x. M. arvensis
Grapefruit Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Crinkled, light grapefruit-scented leaves with mild spearmint undertones.
Price: $4.90

Mentha piperata 'Blue Balsam Tea'
Blue Balsam Tea Peppermint
Height: 12" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Peppermint is an excellent digestive aid and has been used for the treatment of morning and motion sickness, as well as an inhalant to treat congestion. Flavorful herb tea, hot or cold. Blue balsamic is an improved peppermint with purple tinted, dark blue/green leaves; it has a much cleaner peppermint flavor.
Price: $4.90

Mentha piperata 'Chocolate'
Chocolate Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Bronze green leaves with a surprising chocolate peppermint fragrance. Add a few leaves to your coffee grounds before brewing for a special chocolate peppermint coffee. Can be added to brownies, cakes and ice cream recipes.
Price: $4.90

Mentha piperita 'Lavender'
Lavender Mint

DESCRIPTION: Sweet lavender floral fragrance used for potpourri, herbal teas and cooking.
Price: $4.90

Mentha pulegium
English Pennyroyal
Height: 3" Zone: 5-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Creeping growth habit, effective in repelling mosquito, fleas and ticks. A strong infusion of pennyroyal is an effect flea dip. Can cause spontaneous abortion so avoid using if the animal is pregnant. Make your dog a pennyroyal flea color by braiding pennyroyal around a string and placing around the pets’ neck.
Price: $4.90

Mentha requienii
Corsican Mint
Height: 1" Zone: 6-9 Light: part shade - shade
DESCRIPTION: Very dainty with tiny green leaves with a cool Crème de Menthe fragrance. Prefers a shady moist area between stepping stones, nooks and crannies and along a waterside. Seems to be hardy to only Zone 6 but reseeds freely.
Price: SOLD OUT DO NOT ORDER

Mentha species
Basil Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Dark green heart shaped leaves emitting a spicy floral fragrance. Running short of basil? Try this in pesto.
Price: $4.90

Mentha species
Blossom's Favorite Tea Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: This is our creation from the farm, it is a chance seedling.
Price: $4.90

Mentha species 'The Best Mint'
The Best Mint Spearmint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: The Best" Mint is so called because it is the most vigorous growing form of spearmint. The green, wrinkled leaves make a soothing and refreshing tea and may be used to scent linen closets and woolen chests, repel moths, in fact all mints are good repelling insects.
Price: $4.90

Mentha spicata 'Chewing Gum'
Chewing Gum Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Extremely fragrant and flavorful, very similar to Wrigley's spearmint chewing gum.
Price: $4.90

Mentha spicata 'Kentucky Colonel'
Kentucky Colonel Spearmint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Cool mint flavor, a classic ingredient of mint juleps, herbal teas or as a skin astringent.
Price: $4.90

Mentha suaveolens
Apple Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Large woolly leaves with a sweet apple scent. Herbal teas, cooking herb and fragrant garnishes.
Price: $4.90

Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata'
Variegated Pineapple Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Fruity, fragrant and very lovely variegated green and white leaves. Would be nice as a container plant.
Price: $4.90

Mentha villosa
Mojito Mint
DESCRIPTION: The original plant came from Cuba by way of Canada. Not overpowering like the native spearmint used in the United States to make mojitos. Mild in flavor not to overpower the other ingredients use for delicious drink.
Price: $4.90
AVAILABLE MID JUNE

Mentha x gentilis
Ginger Mint
Height: 18" Zone: 3-9 Light: sun to part shade
DESCRIPTION: Bright green leaves variegated with gold mottled stripes, with the taste of mint and ginger. Lovely container or basket plant for the porch.
Price: $4.90