Grapefruit Mint

Mentha x piperata subsp 'Citrata'

This plant is attractive to bees and butterflies. Flowers are fragrant. Average Water Needs; Water regularly;

Truly tastes like unsweetened grapefruit. Goes wonderfully in iced tea and can serve as an edible garnish. One of the prettier mints in garden and very easy to cultivate.

Grapefruit mint has a zesty citrus flavour and mid green slightly hairy leaves. It produces long spikes of incredibly attractive purple flowers in mid to late summer. This mint is worth growing for its flowers alone, as well as its culinary attributes.

Grapefruit mint does not spread quite as prolifically as some other mints, it produces strong upright stems and looks particularly lovely when it flowers in late summer. It is an ideal mint to grow for culinary purposes or just for its ornamental value.

The leaves and flowers can both be used in cooking, they complement fruit salads and drinks both for flavour and decoration.

When in full flower grapefruit mint makes a long-lasting cut flower, ensure that all the lower leaves are stripped off before arranging in a vase.