Mentha piperita STRAWBERRY MINT (plant)

Strawberry mint is a truly astonishing, perennial, and hardy species.
It gives off a pronounced wild strawberry scent upon friction of its foliage and stems.
It measures 30 to 50 cm in height. The strawberry mint plant grows rapidly and branches out by late spring.

Its flowers are purple in color at the end of the year.

Strawberry mint seeds measure only a few millimeters in length.

Interests:

Botany and Biodiversity: A Gourmet Variety

Strawberry mint stands out for its unique red fruit fragrance and honey-producing summer flowering, essential to garden biodiversity.
Robust and vigorous, this rare aromatic plant adapts perfectly to pot or open-ground cultivation, originally structuring your outdoor spaces and balconies.

Culinary Uses and Aromatic Freshness

Prized in gastronomy to enhance desserts, pastries, and iced teas, it offers an original flavor profile with subtle fruity notes.
Providing a revitalizing sensation of freshness, it is a precious and creative ally to accompany all your gourmet breaks.

Culture and Planting:

• Plant the strawberry mint specimen immediately in a 3-liter pot of potting soil.
• Water generously at the base of the plant during planting.
• Finally, place the culture in a very sunny spot and water well in summer.
• It is possible to cultivate it directly in open ground.

Never place two different varieties close to each other or in the same pot because they hybridize very easily.

Leaves with an unusual scent
Very original, hardy, and perennial plant
Beautiful small purple flowers at the end of summer
A truly unusual and original variety to discover
Grows very well.