Water Mint

Description

Immerse your garden in the refreshing allure of Water Mint, a versatile herb originating from wetland habitats. With aromatic leaves and a cool, invigorating flavour, Water Mint thrives in or near water features. Its adaptability and distinct fragrance make it a charming addition, lending both culinary versatility and an aromatic ambiance to your garden. Caution should be exercised when picking this herb for culinary purposes especially from the wild. Due to a type of water snail that lives and feeds on it, and a parasitic fluke that can be consumed by, and is dangerous to humans and livestock. Do not be put off though, Water Mint is an English native, and was used in the Middle Ages, “medled with hony and a lytle wyn put thereto for-doth the cold of mannys stomak and other wycked wyndys” (AC Herbal of 1400).