The word peppermint was coined in the 17th century, from pepper and mint, probably inspired by its “spicy,” tingling flavor.

1a : a pungent and aromatic mint (Mentha piperita) with dark green lanceolate leaves and whorls of small pink flowers in spikes. b : any of several mints (such as M. arvensis) that are related to the peppermint. 2 : candy flavored with peppermint.

The term “mint” is an umbrella term for the Mentha plant family that includes spearmint, peppermint, orange mint, apple mint, pineapple mint and more. Mint is a perennial and wide-spreading herb. Both spearmint and peppermint have menthol in them but peppermint contains a higher menthol content (40% versus .

Mentha × piperita

Peppermint is an aromatic plant, created from the blending of watermint and spearmint. Peppermint (Mentha piperita) leaves can be used dried or fresh in teas. Originally from Europe, peppermint today is cultivated all over the world.

It is occasionally found in the wild with its parent species. Although the genus Mentha comprises more than 25 species, the one in most common use is peppermint. While Western peppermint is derived from Mentha piperita, Chinese peppermint, or “Bohe”, is derived from the fresh leaves of Mentha haplocalyx.

Perilla Mint Toxicity. Perilla Mint is known by many names — beefsteak plant, Chinese basil, rattlesnake weed, purple mint — but by any name, it kills goats and other ruminants and horses that eat it. The flowers are the most dangerous, but the entire plant is toxic, even when baled into hay.

Peppermint contains 40% menthol while spearmint contains less than 1% menthol. This means peppermint is going to have a more intense “minty” flavor that spearmint. If you have a lighter flavor that borders on sweetness, you’re most likely tasting spearmint.

Jekka’s top 10 mints

• Spearmint (Mentha spicata) is the best garden mint, especially with peas.
• Apple Mint (Mentha suaveolens) for mint jelly.
• Eau de Cologne (Mentha x piperita f.
• Swiss Mint (Mentha x piperata f.
• Buddleia Mint (Mentha longifolia Buddleia Mint Group) for arrangements and attracting butterflies.

While it’s difficult to kill mint, it is possible, but keep in mind that “patience is a virtue.” Of course, digging up plants (and even giving them away) is always an option, BUT even when digging, if just one piece of the plant is left behind, it can oftentimes root itself and the whole process starts again.

Mint is an unusual plant in that it not only attracts beneficial insects, but repels many unwanted insects as well.

Peppermint

Sprinkle the soil with a little time-release fertilizer if you wish. Water in the plants well. Finally, positioning your fingers like mine in the photo at left, pinch off the top two to four leaves on each plant. This will make the mint branch out and become bushy.

The main difference between mint and peppermint is that peppermint has the strongest flavour when compared to other members of the mint family. Mint refers to aromatic herbs produced by the species of the mint plant (Mentha). Peppermint is one such species.

Luckily, fragrant herbs are easy to grow. All they need is a good amount of sun or full sun. They prefer well-drained soil but are pretty happy plants in most gardens. Herbalist Suzanna Reppert-Brill, owner of the Rosemary House, says her favorite fragrant herbs are Lavender, Lemon Balm, Rosemary and Mint and Thyme.

5 Strongest Smelling Flowers

• Lily of the Valley.
• Gardenia.
• Chocolate Cosmos.
• Four o’clock.
• Sweat Pea.
• Sweet Alyssum.
• Frangipani.
• Wisteria.

Place dried herbs in shallow bowls with rose petals and lavender sprigs, and scatter the bowls around the room. Fill a small slow cooker, potpourri pot or candle warmer halfway with water and sprinkle in fresh or dried herbs, citrus slices and stick cinnamon.

Flowers of plants in the genus Rafflesia (family Rafflesiaceae) emit an odor similar to that of decaying meat. This odor attracts the flies that pollinate the plant. The world’s largest single bloom is R. arnoldii.

The lesser-known pollinators, like flies and beetles, serve an equally important function for a small subset of plants. These plants emit a horrific odor that may smell like rotten meat or feces.

Sunflower

Essence of eucalyptus that smells like cat pee when it rains. That particular fragrance is not yet available but “Majestic,” which its local designer says captures the scent of “sea breeze off the Bay, mixed with the Marin Headlands and rain in the Presidio,” is on Gump’s department store shelves right now.

Sea Holly. If anything, this flower gives that much-desired pop of blue color during the summertime. The prickly blooms turn into globe-like thistles that have a unique power to make you think you’re smelling—please, excuse us—dog poop.

Wildflowers have famously confusing common names, but the skunk cabbage is accurately dubbed. The Eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) resembles both a skunk and a cabbage. The large, broad leaves form a cluster reminiscent of a cabbage plant, although it is not related to real cabbages.

Trees such as Bradford pears (Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’), maidenhair tree, tree of heaven and Chinese chestnut provide beautiful foliage or flowers, but the offensive odors emitted by their fruit or flowers can be a nuisance.

7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

• Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)
• Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
• White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
• Castor Bean (Ricinus communis)
• Rosary Pea (Abrus precatorius)
• Oleander (Nerium oleander)
• Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

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• Rosary Pea (Crab’s Eye)
• Angel’s Trumpets.
• Jimson Weed (Datura Stramonium)
• Castor Beans.
• English Yew (Taxus Baccata)
• Monkshood.
• Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna)
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