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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Mint Flower Spike
Common Name: Mint
Species: Mentha Hybrid
Family: LAMIACEAE
A lovely spray of purple mint flowers. I have no idea of the cultivar of this Mentha as I just brought it as a cut fresh herb from the local supermarket as it was different to the rest of the mint they stocked and I thought it had a flavour better suited for my intended purpose, which was to use it in making a ginger and mint lemonade. I had heaps of it left over so I trimmed it into neat cuttings and planted them in several spots around the garden and with a bit of watering all of the cuttings took root and haven't looked back.