Mint consists of a very broad family of 3,500 plants, and all of them have square stems and opposite leaves. Aside from that, each type of mint is incredibly different; you may not have known as ...

Mint is the ultimate beginner's herb: Resilient, fragrant, and difficult to kill. It grows fast, smells incredible, and transforms everything from tea to dinner recipes with minimal effort on your ...

Mint is an aromatic perennial herb grown for its leaves. The leaves are used fresh or dried to make teas, jams and desserts. Essential oil can be extracted from the leaves and used as a flavouring.

Mint. It’s been used for centuries to treat maladies from gallstones to the common cold. There are more than 30 species of mint and all of them have “volatile oil menthol,” which is why mint is ...

Mint is known for its aggressive spreading behavior. Gardeners who learned the mistake of planting it in the ground once can ...

Q. Several years ago, I purchased a small container of “living mint” at my local grocery. When I finished using it in a recipe, I planted the remaining 1/2 package in my yard. Recently, I had fresh ...

CLOSE YOUR EYES and smell a leaf of mint. For mainstream varieties the identification is as obvious as a scratch-and-sniff sticker. Dig a little deeper into the culinary world, though, and different ...

A mint plant with withered leaves sits on a window sill. - Valeria Vechterova/Getty Images Mint has a reputation for being so easy to grow and more difficult to keep under control in your garden than ...

According to MSUToday, the mint family is made up of herbs including sage, rosemary, basil and teak. This group is known for its specialized metabolites and awakening impact on the senses of taste and ...