The Vietnamese make spring rolls. The Americans add it to tobacco, toothpaste and lemonade. And in Bombay, they say, it is hung as a room freshener. There is no reason why even the landless gardener can't grow this herb. It is an admirably robust container plant, suited for window boxes where it can trail, mat, spike or add bulk, depending on which type you buy.
All mints have square stems and sharp scents, which vary from pungent to sweetly fruity.
Many mints Peppermint is one of the most commonly found mints, and also the strongest-flavored, with the highest concentration of menthol. The stems are reddish. The leaves are dark green and toothed, with pointed tips. The flowers are purple spikes at the end of the stems, which can grow shrub high, to 3 feet. It is so strong that it has been used as a strewing herb to repel mice.