VARIEGATED GINGER MINT

CLASSIC FLAVOUR PARTNERS

 Pineapple Sage, Lemon Balm, Fruit Salad Sage, Elder Flower, White Clove Pinks.

FLAVOUR

Mild spearmint flavour with some subtle spicy overtones. The ginger in its name refers more to the yellow leaves rather than any overt ginger flavour.

CLASSIC FOOD PARTNERS

 Add to fruit desserts, fruit drinks, peas, potatoes, garnishes.

LANDSCAPE

 Striking yellow variegation adds interest to herb gardens. To maintain yellow variegation periodically cut back, fertilise heavily and keep well watered.

CULTIVATION

 Wet! Spreading perennial to 30cm with pale mauve flowers in summer. Grow in pot or contain spreading rhizones.

BOTANIC NAME

 Mentha x gentilis 'Variegata'