Scientific Name: Mentha suaveolens
Common Name: apple mint
Family Name: Lamiaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Herb, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Oblong, Ovate, Serrate
Flowers: Verticillaster, White, Violet, Pink, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, petioles short, blades ovate to oblong, serrate, up to 8cm long, with fruiting smell and taste; florets in terminal spike-like verticillasters, pink to white.