My Mint List

Mints are great for beginners - easy to grow and safe to use, and a must-have for every herb garden. If planted in the garden they tend to be invasive. It's best to plant them surrounded by a barrier, such as a bucket with the bottom cut off buried in soil with about 2 inches left to protrude from the top. I once used plastic border edging to create a wagon-wheel - the mints stayed well behaved in there. The few that wanted to escape I usually caught in my regular weeding. I know of people who use construction material to contain mints, such as cinder block and terra cotta cylinders. If horror stories of mint gone out of control worry you, it makes a great container plant. Below is a list of the mints in my garden. Some of them are linked to closeup photographs from my 1999 garden - eventually they all will be linked. Keep checking back!

	Common Name (click on name to see photo)	Botanical Name
1	Applemint	Mentha suaveolens
2	Austrian Mint	Mentha Gracilis
3	Banana Mint	Mentha Sp. 'B'
4	Basil Mint	Mentha spicata ssp
5	Blue Balsam Mint	Mentha piperita ssp
6	Candy Mint	Mentha piperita sp 'C'
7	Chocolate Mint	Mentha X piperita "Mitcham"
8	Corsican Mint	Mentha Requienii
9	Curly Citrus Mint	Mentha crispii citrata 'cv'
10	Curly Spearmint	Mentha spicata "Crispii"
11	Eau DeCologne	Mentha Piperita Citrata sp.
12	Egyptian Mint	Mentha rotundifolia N.O. Labiatae
13	Emerald & Gold Mint	Mentha viridis variegata
14	Epicurean Mint	Mentha eqicuratus
15	German Garden Mint	Mentha Germania 'cv'
16	Georgia Applemint	Mentha rotumfolia
17	Ginger Mint	Mentha gentillis
18	Ginger MInt Variagated	Mentha gentillis var.
19	Grape Fruit Mint	Mentha suaveolens X piperita
20	Habek Mint	Mentha longifolia 'Habak'
21	Hillary's Sweet Lemon	Mentha sp. 'H.S.L.'
22	Himalayan Silver Mint	Mentha sp H.S.'
23	Japanese Mint	Mentha arvensis piperescens
24	Kentucky Colonial Mint	Mentha x cordifolia
25	Lavender Mint	Mentha piperita lavandula
26	Lebanose Mint
27	Lime Mint	Mentha piperita citrata sp. 'L'
28	Orange Mint	Mentha aquatica citrata
29	Pennyroyal, European	Mentha pulegium
30	Peppermint	Mentha X piperita
31	Peppermint Variagated	Metha piperita 'variegata'
32	Pinneapple Mint	Mentha suaveolens
33	Pineapple Mint Variagated	Mentha suaveolens 'variegata'
34	Silver Mint	Mentha longifolia
35	Spearmint	Mentha spicata
36	Swiss Ricola Mint	Mentha x piperita swiss
37	The Best Mint	Mentha spicata spp
38	True Lemon Mint	Mentha spec.
Mint Relatives
1	Australian Mint Bush	Prostanthera rotundifolia
2	Anise Hyssop	Agastache Foeniculum
3	Hairy Woodmint	Blephilia hirsuta
4	Korean Mint (Huo Xiang)	Agastache rugosa
5	Lemon Balm	Melissa officinalis
6	Lemon Balm, Golden	Melissa officinalis var.
7	Lemon Balm Variegated	Melissa officinalis var.
8	Lime Balm	Melissa officinalis 'Lime'
9	Calamint	Calamintha officinalis
10	Catmint	Nepeta Faassenii
11	Catmint	Nepeta Grandiflora
12	Catmint, Lemon	Nepeta faassenii 'citrodora'
13	Catnip	Nepeta Cataria
14	Catnip Variegated	Nepeta Cataria var.
15	Catnip, Lemon	Nepeta Cataria 'citrodora'
16	Herba Buena	Satureja Douglasii
17	Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum Fexuosum