Fine Leaf Water Mint (Mentha cevina)with floating ring
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Unit price perFine Leaf Water Mint (Mentha cervina) is a delicate and aromatic edible water plant that brings fresh mint fragrance and flavour to your pond or water garden. With its fine, narrow foliage and compact growth habit, it is an excellent choice for smaller ponds, water bowls and floating pond rings.
Native to the Western Mediterranean, Fine Leaf Water Mint prefers part shade and can grow in shallow water up to approximately 5cm deep. It produces small white flowers and grows to around 30cm high and 20cm wide.
As an edible mint, the fresh leaves can be used to add a refreshing summer flavour to drinks and salads, making it a lovely addition to an edible water garden.
Why you'll love Fine Leaf Water Mint
- Edible water plant
- Fresh, aromatic mint flavour
- Fine, narrow green foliage
- Compact growth habit
- Ideal for smaller ponds and water bowls
- Well suited to a floating pond ring
- Suitable for part shade
- Can grow in shallow water up to approximately 5cm deep
- Produces small white flowers
- Great for adding fresh flavour to summer drinks and salads
Where to grow Fine Leaf Water Mint
Fine Leaf Water Mint prefers part shade, making it a useful choice for areas of the pond that don't receive full sun all day.
It can be planted in shallow water up to approximately 5cm deep, or grown in one of our floating pond rings where its foliage can grow above the surface.
With a mature size of approximately 30cm high and 20cm wide, it is a good option when you want an edible pond plant without a large footprint.
Fine Leaf Water Mint in a floating pond ring
Fine Leaf Water Mint is particularly well suited to growing in a floating pond ring.
The ring keeps the plant stable at the appropriate depth while allowing the foliage to grow naturally above the water. It also makes it easier to position the plant where you want it and manage its growth.
An edible water plant
Fine Leaf Water Mint is a useful addition to an edible water garden. The aromatic leaves can be harvested and added to summer drinks, salads and other dishes where a fresh mint flavour is wanted.
Try adding fresh leaves to cold water, sparkling water or homemade iced drinks for a refreshing summer flavour.
Only consume plants that have been grown specifically for eating and have not been exposed to pond treatments or other chemicals that are unsuitable for food crops.
Fine Leaf Water Mint Plant Information
Plant type: Perennial edible water plant
Botanical name: Mentha cervina
Common name: Fine Leaf Water Mint
Origin: Western Mediterranean
Position: Part shade
Flowers: Small white flowers
Water depth: Up to approximately 5cm
Height: Up to approximately 30cm
Width: Up to approximately 20cm
Foliage: Grows above the water
Oxygenating: No
Edible: Yes
Best for: Floating pond rings, water bowls, edible water gardens and shallow water
Grow Fine Leaf Water Mint in your water garden
If you're looking for a compact edible pond plant, Fine Leaf Water Mint is a great choice. Its fine foliage, small white flowers and fresh mint flavour make it both attractive and useful.
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