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Hollie Devine, Milford Haven
Red Mint has attractive green leaves and stems, tinged with red, and pretty mauve flowers. It has a strong fruity spearmint smell.
Supplied as a pot grown plant grown in a 7cm pot.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early MayRed Mint has a strong fruity spearmint smell. It is an attractive mint with oval mid-green leaves tinged with berry red and reddish stems, along with dense whorls of mauve flowers, very attractive. It is a particularly good culinary mint which is easy to grow and native to Europe.
The herbalist John Gerard described mint as having a smell that "rejoyceth the heart of man". This is very true of Red Mint.
Recognised to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.
Culinary Uses
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