Does Mint have flowers?

Last Updated on April 12, 2022 by Derek

Do Mint Plants Get Flowers?

Mint plants get small flowers. These flowers can be purple, white, or pink and the plant blooms from around June to September, or towards the end of summer. Mint is an aromatic herbaceous plant that flowers during high temperatures and does not die immediately after it flowers since it is a perennial.

What to Do with Mint Flowers?

You can use mint flowers as an addition to your ingredients in cooking, for landscaping, and home décor. Mint flowers are versatile and you can put them into any other use that you find suitable depending on their colors.

There is just so much that you can do with mint flowers. If you are a DIY person, you can use the flowers for home décor vases among other décor ideas that you can come up with.

• Cooking – mint flowers have a milder flavor almost like that of their leaves. They are edible and you can use them in your desserts, custards, or with any vegetable.
• Landscaping – you can grow them in pots or directly in the garden. They can also match well with other ornamental plants depending on their colors.
• Home décor – You can hang them in frames or put them in vases with other flowers. Their different colors would serve any décor purpose that you may want to achieve.

Mint Flower Recipes

Mint flower can make so many recipes. It is a highly versatile ingredient in most dishes and among its uses, you can use it to make mint flower ice cream, mint flower tea, and confetti scones among others.

Mint Flower Ice Cream

Mint flower ice cream is a great dessert that you can make by combining different ingredients and including the juiced mint flower.

Ingredients

• Mint flowers
• Caster sugar
• Water
• Lemon juice
• Heavy and double cream

With these ingredients, boil water and sugar, then put the mint flowers to taste. Cool the mixture and strain to remove mint flower residue, then to the strained mixture of sugar and mint flower, add lemon juice and cream.

Mix them thoroughly and place them in an ice tray. Put them in the freezer for a few minutes until the mixture turns mushy or to achieve your desired hardness.

Mint Flower Confetti Scones

Confetti scones are delicious and look appetizing and colorful. You can use mint flowers as part of the ingredients to make these scones. The mint flower will give it a mild flavor and taste.

Ingredients

• Plain flour
• Bicarbonate of soda
• Baking powder
• Chopped mint flowers
• Salt
• Buttermilk
• Shortening

With all the necessary ingredients, measure the amounts that you need to use for each ingredient depending on the serving size. Combine the ingredients and mix them well.

Blend the shortening ingredient and add the other mixture of ingredients to make a dough. Knead the dough and cut them into scone-size and bake them for about 10 minutes at 240 degrees F.

Mint Flower Tea

Mint flower tea tastes flavorful and comes with added health benefits. It is used to treat indigestion issues, for allergy relief, and as a natural painkiller. It also help to cure bad bread and other illnesses. Mint flower tea also has antioxidant properties and is useful for anti-inflammation, and flu and cold relief.

To make mint flower tea, you need to crush it before adding it to your tea. Then you can strain and enjoy your tea. It is easy to make and will only take about 10 minutes.

Do Mint Flowers Produce Seeds?

Mint flowers do produce seeds. After the flowering season, the mint plant flowers dry up and turn brown. You can then harvest the seeds for replanting.

The mint plants normally flower during summer, and after they bloom, the flower turns brownish to harvest the seeds, you need to have a garden shear, then cut off the flowers from their stalks, and place them in a dry paper bag.

Then after cutting off the flowers that have matured into seeds, leave them for about two weeks for the seeds to dry out completely. After that, you can crush the dried flowers to collect the seeds.

Purple Mint Flowers

Mint flowers come in three colors. Purple, white, and pink. The purple mint flowers look very attractive and thus have wide applications. These flowers also have a strong scent and are hence good for pollinators. Consider adding them to flowerbeds to attract bees and butterflies.

However, not every mint plant produces purple flowers since some produce other colors that we have mentioned. The species that produce the purple mint flowers are Catmint and Hummingbird mint among others.

Mint Flower Names

Mint flowers belong to the Lamiaceae family. There are many types of mint flowers and include but are not limited to the following:

Mint Flower Names	Scientific Name	Best Conditions
Peppermint	Mentha x piperita	Grows well in moist soil and cool spot, and partial shade to full sun.
Catmint	Nepeta cataria	Does well in well-drained soil, partial shade to full sun.
Spearmint	Mentha spicata	Rich moist well-drained soil, and partial shade.
Chocolate mint	Mentha x Piperita f. citrata	Damp areas or moist soil and in full sun.
Water mint	Mentha aquatica	Moist loam and slightly acidic soil in full sun or partial shade.
Calamint	Calamintha nepeta	Moist and well-drained soil, and full sun.
Apple	Mentha suaveolens	Well drained soil and partial shade.
Banana mint	Mentha arvensis	Partial shade to full sun and well-drained soil.
Lavender mint	Mentha piperita	Well-drained soil and partial shade.
Egyptian mint	Metha sylvestris	Moist fertile soil and partial shade.
Pennyroyal mint	Mentha pulegium	Well-drained moist acidic soil, and partial shade to full sun.
Horsemint	Monarda punctata	Does well in full sun to partial shade, moist well-drained sandy soil.

Infographic: Mint Flower Names and growing conditions

Can I Use Mint After it Flowers?

You can use the mint leaves after it flowers. They will still be good for your tea or as a spice in your recipe. You can also use the mint flowers for tea, making scones, cakes, and other recipes as well. Therefore, you can always use the mint so long as the leaves or the flowers are still fresh.

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