Manor Farm Herbs: Mints Marjorams and Oreganos
Apple mint (Woolly mint)
Mentha suavolens
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Apple mint is a lovely aromatic mint, with fragrant foliage which is bright green and slightly
hairy. It is a vigorous grower and can reach 60cm or more each season with spikes of pale lilac
flowers in summer.
The leaves have a mild fruity taste and a slight apple scent, hence the name. It is a great culinary
mint pairing well with fruit, cheese and all manner of drinks.
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Mint 'After Eight'
Mentha x piperata 'After Eight'
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A new variety of mint with large dark green leaves and a strong robust growth habit. It has the splendid flavour and scent of the well known confectionery.
Mint Jessica's Sweet Pear
Mentha 'Sweet Pear'
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This aromatic mint has slightly silvery soft leaves with a light scent similar to that of ripe pears. It is a vigorous and upright hybrid bred by mint connoisseur Jim Westerfield in the United States.
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Orange Mint
Mentha x piperata citrata
Orange mint has highly aromatic foliage with notes of citrus and spice. The round green leaves are a striking green and contrast with the dark red stems. Ideal for growing in large containers which will curtail its spreading tendencies.
Mint 'Berries and Cream'
Mentha 'Berries and Cream'
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This is a compact perennial herb with dark green leaves. The scent is of peppermint and fruit berries, making it perfect to use in summer drinks and puddings.
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Lesser Calamint
Calamintha nepeta
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Lesser calamint is a native perennial herb with fine upright stems, small dark green leaves and a strong peppermint fragrance. From August it is covered with a cloud of tiny pale lavender flowers which are especially attractive to bees.
Catmint
Nepeta racemosa (syn mussinii)
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This is a popular perennial herb with aromatic grey felty leaves and prolific spikes of lavender blue flowers. This plant is extremely popular with cats!
Creeping Pennyroyal
Mentha pulegium
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Pennyroyal is a vigorous low growing perennial with a strong peppermint scent to its dark green leaves. Whorls of lilac flowers are held on stems above the foliage in late summer.
Golden Marjoram
Oreganum vulgare ‘Aureum’
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This is a bright golden leaved herb with pale pink flowers in mid-summer. It is at its most brilliant as golden mounds of foliage in spring, and the flowers in summer are very popular with bees and butterflies.
Pot Marjoram
Oreganum onites
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This is a spreading evergreen perennial with soft green leaves and purple flowers on strong upright flower stems. It flowers from mid-summer until early autumn and makes useful ground cover in large borders.
Banana Mint
Mentha arvensis 'Banana'
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A small leaved, spreading mint with bright green foliage which is quite low growing, and lilac whorls of flowers in summer. A scent of peppermint perfumed with banana, lovely in iced summer drinks.
Basil Mint
Mentha x piperata citrata 'Basil'
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This is a hardy mint with slightly succulent aromatic leaves that taste of mint with overtones of basil. Plants which have not been cut back for kitchen use have attractive purple flowers in summer.
Chocolate Peppermint
Mentha x piperata 'Chocolate'
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This is an attractive and very strongly flavoured variety of peppermint with dark green almost bronze leaves and small purple flowers. The flavour and fragrance of the leaves is peppermint with a hint of chocolate.
Ginger mint
Mentha x gracilis 'Variegata'
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A delightfully attractive mint with fine pale green foliage liberally splashed with gold. The leaves have a spicy fruity scent with a hint of ginger and are best used fresh in salads, summer drinks and herbs teas.
Lemon Mint
Mentha x piperata citrata
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A well flavoured mint with light green leaves and pale lilac whorls of flowers in summer. The whole plant has a delicious smell of lemon and lots of culinary uses in teas, puddings and drinks.
Lime Mint
Mentha x piperata citrata 'Lime'
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This is an unusual mint with smooth dark green / purple foliage and a pleasant aroma of lime that is both fruity and spicy. The purple flowers make it very attractive in the summer.
Moroccan Mint
Mentha spicata
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Moroccan mint is a very fragrant form of spearmint and is the finest mint for making mint tea. It can be grown in patio containers in a shady position near the house for ease of use in the kitchen.
Pineapple Mint
Mentha suavolens 'Variegata'
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This is a variegated form of apple mint, with pretty cream and green leaves and a sweet fruity scent and taste. Its attractive foliage makes it excellent for ornamental planting as well as for culinary use.
Spearmint - Garden Mint
Mentha spicata
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This is one of the best known of herbs with bright green spearmint tasting leaves and a multitude of uses.
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Strawberry Mint
Mentha piperata 'Strawberry'
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A fabulously fragrant mint with light green serrated leaves and lilac flowers. Think chocolate peppermint with fruity strawberry aromas. Use it in drinks and teas, it will add a lift of fresh mint taste to desserts and soft cheese, one to experiment with!
Oregano
Oreganum vulgare
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Oregano is sometimes referred to as Wild Marjoram. It is a bushy herb with aromatic oval green leaves and attractive purple - pink flowers.
Golden Oregano
Oreganum vulgare 'Aureum'
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This is an attractive ornamental herb with gold pointed leaves and pale pink flowers. The pretty flowers and bright foliage make this a real addition to any garden giving colour through three seasons of the year.
Oregano Country Cream
Oreganum vulgare 'Country Cream'
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This very pretty ornamental oregano is one of the most attractive of herbs, with cream and green variegated foliage throughout the year. In winter the leaves are tinged with pink at the edges and in summer it has very pale pink flowers.
Oregano 'Hot and Spicy'
Oreganum vulgare 'Hot and Spicy'
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Hot and Spicy Oregano is a potent cultivar of greek oregano with an intense aromatic flavour which is both peppery and strong. The foliage is dark green and slightly hairy with abundant white flowers in summer.
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