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Default Mint - favorite varieties

On Apr 26, 11:35*pm, wrote:
I'm thinking about starting a few mint plants in containers... * as a starting point for
using plants for culinary purposes..

Before plunking down the money for whatever is being sold locally, *are there
specific mint plants that you would recommend for their taste and use in cooking ??

Are there any mint plants used specifically for fragrance ??


Chocolate mint -- smells EXACTLY like a Peppermint
Patty. Nice in iced tea.

Mints are a *large* category, generally referring
to plants with square stems. Most are *very*
easy to propagate from cuttings, coleus being
a familiar example.
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