FOR PEAS AND NEW POTATOES
Very popular culinary herb. This is the common variety of mint, which has a lovely fresh taste and is great for cooking with new potatoes, peas, or roughly chopping and adding to a salad. It is best grown in a pot as it has a tendency to spread. Perennial. 30cm.

BOTH A DESERT MINT & A SAVOURY MINT
This member of the mint has a fantastic scent reminiscent of the after dinner mint chocolates. Highly recommended. Makes a good tea, but can be used on ice cream and fruit salad and other deserts that need a touch of mint. Goes well in punch! Grows in a similar fashion to the other mints so would be good to keep it in a pot where it cannot spread too far. Goes into a smaller growth habit for winter, but will surge away in spring. Perennial. 50cm in full summer growth.

This is one of the more well known and popular mints. The leaves have a distinct apple scent. The leaves are quite a bright apple green with fine hairs on them which gives a woolly appearance. Can be used to make "Apple mint Jelly". Good mint to grow, but another one which would be best in pot or in a space where it can ramble. Has a complimentary pink flower. Perennial. 40cm.

Similar to the normal apple mint except that it has lovely attractive green leaves with a pale cream colored margin. Is a very distinctive display mint. This mint is sometimes referred to as pineapple mint . It grow the same as apple mint and is also used the same. Put it in a scraggly corner of your garden and let it ramble. Likes reasonable moisture.

USE AS MINT IN WINTER AND BASIL IN SUMMER. SUPERB FOR SALADS
One of my favorites! Delightful Basil flavored and scented mint. I use this all summer in salads but also in new potatoes and with any recipe that calls for mint. When cooking with it, it permeates the whole kitchen with the delightful smell of a temptation. This mint is excellent for making pesto because of the two distinct flavours. It spreads less than some of the other mints, but still is best planted in a pot. It will benefit from a trim when it gets a bit straggly. Growth tends to go more underground during winter. Perennial. 40cm.

THE DESERT MINT
Mint with a hint of chocolate flavours. When the leaves of this popular mint are rubbed there is a distinct chocolate scent. Adds a subtle flavor when chopped and sprinkled over fruit salads or deserts. Can also be used to line the tin for chocolate cakes. One customer tells me it is a good addition when she makes chocolate, or uses chocolate to cover strawberries, It is best grown in a pot as it has a tendency to spread. Perennial. 40cm.

Corsican mint is a very cute little plant that has minute leaves and grows as a ground cover very close to the ground. It has a lovely mint scent although is not considered a culinary herb. It is fantastic for growing between pavers. Perennial. Less than 1cm tall.

Eau De Cologne mint is a rather unusual mint, with a very sweet smelling leaf. When the leaves are rubbed they have a strong perfume smell. Fantastic plant for in the garden or on your patio. Does have a tendency to spread. Perennial. 30cm.

This is one of the more attractive mints with leaves that fade from green to yellow. Great for growing in a pot. Perennial, but it will go underground in winter and it comes out again later than other mints, but it is worth the wait! 20cm.

Japanese emperor mint is a beautiful mint that grow quite tall and bushy, so it has plenty of leaves to use. It is a wonderful culinary herb, with a delicate flavor that goes particularly well in salads. Very easy to grow, although it does die down in winter, and it takes longer than most mints to resurface, but it is worth the wait! Perennial. 40cm.

Peppermint is one of the old favorite mints. Has medium green leaves and this is the mint known for making a delicious tea. Soothing on the digestive system. A tea os peppermint after dinner will help aid your digestion. Best grown in a pot so it doesn't take over your garden. Perennial. 30cm.

Red mint is a good mint for cooking with nice large leaves and a  good mint flavor. Red mint is an attractive plant to grow, and will look good in a pot or in the garden. Be cautious if planting in a garden as it has a tendency to spread. Will die back a bit in winter but will come away again in spring. Perennial. 30cm.

Spearmint - Mentha sylvestris

Undoubtedly, this is one of the softest flavored mints. Very "fresh brushed teeth" taste and flavours. Grows like the others, with wild abandon in late summer and autumn, sending runners out in all directions. A sharp knife and gardening gloves do the trick, cutting the runners off and scooping out the ones just underground. In the second year, when you cut the runners, leave some in a new place and pull out the original plant. This will give your mint a renewed lease on life and it will produce fresh tastier leaves for you.

This mint tastes great with peas. It is best to grow sweet pea mint in a pot as it has a tendency to spread. Perennial. 30cm.

This mint is very popular with chefs and it is fast becoming an important ingredient in a lot of cooking. Has a hot spicy flavor and is very good in a lot of Asian cooking. Best kept in a large pot, or a confined place in the garden. Perennial. 50cm.

Wild mint is the one a lot of people have in their garden that they just call "Mint". This is an old variety sometimes known as horse mint as it used to grow profusely in the horse manure in the paddocks. An excellent mint for using as tea, with a smooth peppermint flavor. Soothing on the stomach after a big meal. It is easy to grow although like many mints it is best in a pot to prevent it taking over your garden.