Mint Flower
At the very start of this project in 2020, one of my first posts was a share of a mint flower from our garden. It is not too soon to feature this lovely cluster in another. I have always found mint plants terribly invasive, with the leaves looking so bedraggled and untidy at the end of the season, but the benefits of mint far outweigh this slight annoyance. The tea is delicious with all kinds of medicinal uses, no doubt. And today there is this lovely flower spray to highlight yet another plus to this plant. I hope the pluses of your day today far outweigh any negatives! View all posts on the Home page. A Flower a Day #440
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Mint is one of those plants where the leaves are more desirable than the flowers, lovely as they may be. Apparently to keep the mint leaves minty, one is supposed to remove the flowers as soon as possible, otherwise the mint flavour is diminished in the leaves (if you want to use them for any of the many purposes they have). The flowers signify that the plant is happy and healthy, so what can be wrong with letting some of the mint plants produce these interesting little bottle-scrubbing looking flowers. Nature is so diverse, so why not appreciate to its fullest? Thank you, Ellie, for showing us so much of its diversification.
I did not know that about the effect allowing flowers has on the mintyness of mint! Thanks for that info. I will have to agree with you as I love to see at least one or two of these flowering stems. Thanks for the comment, Janet.
Thanks so much Ellie it is lovely. Such a delicate color. One can almost imagine the smell of mint. I would think that a small piece of the leaf in a salad would be quite tasty as well. Hope you and Steve are having a good day thanks for the pluses for this day.
Thanks, Linda. I think you are right, I must remember to chop some into next year’s salads to see. Hugs to you and yours. xo