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Anyone recognise these mints
1) variegated mint - I think that the leaves are too narrow for ginger mint - being grown on an allotment http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470338/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470502/ 2) another mint being grown on a different allotment http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3842680241/ 3) and a 3rd mint growing in a grass verge (about a yard from a lemon balm, so perhaps the inhabitants of the house opposite at one time colonised this verge). http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3842679825/ -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Anyone recognise these mints 1) variegated mint - I think that the leaves are too narrow for ginger mint - being grown on an allotment http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470338/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470502/ When I used to grow one like that, I knew it as pineapple mint. That doesn't mean to say it was right! The one I bought as ginger mint had leaves the texture of apple mint (though a lot smaller) and white rather than gold variegation. -- Kay |
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writes Stewart Robert Hinsley writes Anyone recognise these mints 1) variegated mint - I think that the leaves are too narrow for ginger mint - being grown on an allotment http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470338/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470502/ When I used to grow one like that, I knew it as pineapple mint. That doesn't mean to say it was right! The one I bought as ginger mint had leaves the texture of apple mint (though a lot smaller) and white rather than gold variegation. You might have swapped those two in your recollection. According to the RHS Encylopedia of Herbs pineapple mint is Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata', which is a white variegated (margined) form of applemint. Gingermint is Mentha x gracilis 'Variegata', which is a yellow variegated (centrally marked) form of redmint. I'm not sure whether the photographed plant falls within the bounds of variation of gingermint (which I've seen elsewhere), or whether it's a parallel cultivar of a different mint species or hybrid. But gingermint (usually) has linear yellow markings along the midrib and secondary veins, and this as somewhat irregular markings. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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On 21 Aug, 21:07, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote: In message , K writes Stewart Robert Hinsley writes Anyone recognise these mints 1) variegated mint - I think that the leaves are too narrow for ginger mint - being grown on an allotment http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470338/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470502/ When I used to grow one like that, I knew it as pineapple mint. That doesn't mean to say it was right! The one I bought as ginger mint had leaves the texture of apple mint (though a lot smaller) and white rather than gold variegation. You might have swapped those two in your recollection. According to the RHS Encylopedia of Herbs pineapple mint is Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata', which is a white variegated (margined) form of applemint. Gingermint is Mentha x gracilis 'Variegata', which is a yellow variegated (centrally marked) form of redmint. I'm not sure whether the photographed plant falls within the bounds of variation of gingermint (which I've seen elsewhere), or whether it's a parallel cultivar of a different mint species or hybrid. But gingermint (usually) has linear yellow markings along the midrib and secondary veins, and this as somewhat irregular markings. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley First set are ginger mint, the last could be apple mint though our apple mint is a lottaller, but it depends on the soil. Apple mint is a great mint for mint sauce and new potatoes. David Hill |
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, Dave Hill writes On 21 Aug, 21:07, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: In message , K writes Stewart Robert Hinsley writes Anyone recognise these mints 1) variegated mint - I think that the leaves are too narrow for ginger mint - being grown on an allotment http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470338/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27317581@N06/3843470502/ When I used to grow one like that, I knew it as pineapple mint. That doesn't mean to say it was right! The one I bought as ginger mint had leaves the texture of apple mint (though a lot smaller) and white rather than gold variegation. You might have swapped those two in your recollection. According to the RHS Encylopedia of Herbs pineapple mint is Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata', which is a white variegated (margined) form of applemint. Gingermint is Mentha x gracilis 'Variegata', which is a yellow variegated (centrally marked) form of redmint. I'm not sure whether the photographed plant falls within the bounds of variation of gingermint (which I've seen elsewhere), or whether it's a parallel cultivar of a different mint species or hybrid. But gingermint (usually) has linear yellow markings along the midrib and secondary veins, and this as somewhat irregular markings. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley First set are ginger mint, the last could be apple mint though our apple mint is a lottaller, but it depends on the soil. Apple mint is a great mint for mint sauce and new potatoes. David Hill Did you mean the last one, or the second one? I was wondering whether the second was apple mint, and the third one doesn't match any apple mints that I've photographed in various places - I thought maybe peppermint, except that I don't think it matches the plant (not water mint) growing in a canal bank that I had identified as peppermint. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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