Eau De Cologne Mint (Mentha x piperita citrata)

Family: Lamiaceae or Labiatae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Main Bloom Time: Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in salads or cooked foods. — Leaves - raw or cooked.; Used as a flavouring in salads or cooked foods.; A very pungent flavour, the leaves of the true eau-de-cologne mint are too aromatic for most tastes, though the cultivar 'Basil' has an excellent flavour and makes a very good substitute for basil in pesto.; A herb tea is made from the fresh or dried leaves.

Habitat & North American Range

A natural hybrid, M. aquatica x M. spicata found in moist soils on the sides of ditches, roadsides etc in S. England. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)