We are offering peppermint.Peppermint was first described in 1753 by carolus linnaeus from specimens that had been collected in england; he treated it as a species but it is now universally agreed to be a hybrid. It is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial plant growing to 3090 cm) tall, with smooth stems, square in cross section. The rhizomes are wide-spreading, fleshy, and bare fibrous roots. The leaves are from 49 cm long and 1.54 cm broad, dark green with reddish veins, and with an acute apex and coarsely toothed margins. The leaves and stems are usually slightly hairy. The flowers are purple, 68 mm long, with a four-lobed corolla about 5 mm diameter; they are produced in whorls (verticillasters) around the stem, forming thick, blunt spikes. Flowering is from mid to late summer. peppermint oil has a high concentration of natural pesticides, mainly menthone.