![]() Regular peppermint plants are lower-growing than most and vigorous spreaders. It can be made into teas, face washes, candies and more. Types of Mint: PeppermintĪmong the three types of mint, peppermint is probably the one most people think of when they think “mint.” It has a high concentration of menthol, the chemical that gives it the minty smell so familiar to most people. I love it made into teas and dry the leaves in my dehydrator for wintertime mint teas. Spearmint has deep, dark green leaves and a lower growth habit than applemint. It’s strong when you grow it in the garden the spearmint flavor almost burns your tongue if you make a cup of tea with too much mint! Types of Mint: SpearmintĪmong the three types of mint, I must say that spearmint is my absolute favorite. I’ll try to make some this summer to share my recipe with you. If you enjoy making jelly, mint jelly can be made very similarly to how I made cranberry basil and lemon parsley jelly. I dry applemint for teas, too.Īpplemint also makes lovely mint jelly. You can eat it raw or cook it into couscous and other dishes to add sweet mint flavor. Many people enjoy sprinkling the leaves into salads. You can grow mint as a ground cover, ornamental plant, or for herbal uses.Īpplemint produces large, flavorful leaves with a very mild mint taste. My experience has been that spearmint is the slowest growing among the three types of mint I’ve chosen to discuss here.ĭon’t fertilize your mint plants don’t do anything, in fact, other than clip them back as needed and for harvesting. ![]() The spearmint is less invasive but has still managed to double in size and weave between the crepe myrtle that designates the boundary (ha ha, as if my herbs respect any boundary) between the herb garden and the flower garden. It’s really a strong, vigorous plant – and it means to stay! I have my peppermint growing in a container the applemint is growing in the herb garden bed and spread under the gravel in the driveway, through brick edging and more. To keep mint contained, grow it in a pot or container. It created a great aroma every time I mowed the lawn, but wasn’t conducive to making it into tea! I once had mint spread from a raised bed into my lawn. In fact, they do so well in any kind of soil that they can rapidly overgrow their designated area. But like many people who inherit mint when they buy a house, his home in New Jersey had an unknown mint variety growing in the backyard when he moved to Virginia, he didn’t take a piece of the plant with him to grow it again here, and thus he had a tough time finding his favorite variety.Īll types of mint thrive in sun, partial sun, or shade which means you can pretty much plant them anyway. who was a quest to find the same mint here in Virginia as he’d grown in his New Jersey garden. ![]() The flavor can also be influenced by the growing conditions, climate, and soil in which mint is grown in. ![]() That’s because the entire genus mentha cross pollinates easily, creating new varieties. There are over 600 types of mint that are known to horticulturists and probably more varieties out there than we know of worldwide. We’ll take a look at three that are very commonly grown for culinary and tea uses: applemint, spearmint, and peppermint. There are many types of mint, but for gardeners, a few stand out for their aroma, taste, and easy growth habits.
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