Description
Eaten raw in salads, or cooked, it has a flavour reminiscent of mint and basil and combines well with tomato dishes.
Tea from basil mint may be a digestive aid, used as a throat gargle, or as an insect repellent.
MeadowSweet Herbs & Flowers Nursery and Herb Education Centre is now closed for orders from 16 December 2025 until mid-January 2026 while I take a short festive break.
Thank you for your continued support of my small, home-based nursery throughout the past year. I look forward to helping you grow plants for your kitchen, garden, and herbal home remedies cupboard when I reopen in the new year.
Wishing you a peaceful and nourishing festive season.
Minette
Thank you for your continued support of my small, home-based nursery throughout the past year. I look forward to helping you grow plants for your kitchen, garden, and herbal home remedies cupboard when I reopen in the new year.
Wishing you a peaceful and nourishing festive season.
Minette
Mint – Basil mint
$8.50
A hardy PERENNIAL growing to 60cm with narrow aromatic leaves that have basil-mint aroma. Prefers partial shade or full sun in moist soils.
Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and it has similar medicinal uses than other mints.
Additional information
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| Latin Name | (Mentha x piperita( syn. (f. citrata 'Basil') |
