La menthe

MINT

Mentha piperita

Provencal name: Mento, amento

Family: Lamiaceae

Use: A perennial that grows everywhere. Refreshing flavour, mixed into tabouleh, salads... It garnishes fruit cocktails and infuses tea and herbal beverages.
The leaves are picked before flowering, from May to September ad are used as a tonic, digestive and calming tisane.

Tips:

Growing:	In a pot, window box or the ground. Mint needs to be planted inside a pot in the ground to limit the spread of its roots.
Exposure:	Equal parts shade and sun
Watering:	Moderate
Harvest:	Starting in spring, as needed.

Properties: Antispasmodic, calming, antiseptic

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