Peppermint

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 30�90 cm) tall, with smooth stems, square in cross section. The rhizomes are wide-spreading, fleshy, and bare fibrous roots. The leaves are from 4�9 cm long and 1.5�4 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, 6�8 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.