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Garden or common mint, Mentha spicata, is perhaps the most widely grown mint for general kitchen use, its young bright green shoot tips ready just in time for the first peas and early potatoes in June. Like all mints, it's a vigorous and very hardy perennial, spreading widely by underground runners, which are easily restrained by growing plants in containers.
Mentha spicata 'English Lamb' is a particularly good cultivar, with sweet-tasting leaves with a strong mint fragrance. Its perfect for using in soups, salads and drinks, and of course traditional mint sauces, used to accompany roast lamb dishes.
For best results grow Mentha spicata 'English Lamb' in rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Mulch annually with well-rotted compost. Plants can be cut back hard just before flowering, and leaves can be frozen for use in winter. In milder regions, leaves should regrow in time for a second harvest.
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Mentha ‘English lamb’ and wildlife
Mentha ‘English lamb’ is known for attracting bees and other pollinators. It has nectar/pollen rich flowers.
