I discovered Flower Friday while visiting Lorilin@Bugbugbooks and decided to start sharing some flower pictures from our gardens along with some information about them. Please check out Lorilin’s blog if you haven’t already for book reviews and more!
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Mountain Mint
We’re sort of obsessed with mint and have about seven different varieties growing. The township that we live in actually has a strong mint farming history which sort of inspired me to start a mint collection. Mountain mint is one I chose because of its compact and noninvasive growth. It’s also super cheap to start from seed.
This grows around the outside of my vegetable garden. It only gets a few feet tall and hasn’t taken over like some of our other mints. It requires little to no care.
We started this from seed about three years ago and it comes back every year. The flowers are a very light pink and bloom late July to early August; in fact, these pictures above were taken a little late. Early on as the petals develop they’re much more attractive.
This is a very mild mint that’s perfect for tea and the bees just love it.
Oh these are pretty!
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😊💕
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Love these! Are they fragrant?
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A little bit, but the mint is where the real aroma is. Thanks! 😉
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It’s beautiful!! Obviously I need more varieties of mint!
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Mackey, it’s insane how many varieties there are. We grew pineapple mint a few years back, but it never came back sadly. Chocolate and apple are favorites. 😉 Thanks!
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Grandma had a garden of mint when we were growing up. It was where the lilac tree grew in the corner by the street at the old house. She would bring a bunch in and out them on the back porch table.
Thx for the good memories. Great post! 🌺
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I always look forward to this feature, Mischenko. Your pictures are gorgeous, and I don’t know much about flowers, so I always walk away with a new fact. The Mountain Mint looks great!
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Aw, thank you for your positive comments, Chris! I appreciate that so much. I’m glad you find the posts interesting. 😉
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So beautiful as always!
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Thanks!
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We bought our house two years ago this coming May, and only really had the time to keep the maintenance up on what was already going on. This spring we’re clearing things out and starting anew. I’m going to need to find a local nursery though and ask a lot of questions. 🙂 My husband is allergic to bees so I can only go so wild with the flowers. D:
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Oh my, I can totally understand why you have to be careful with bringing in more bees then! This might not be a good choice then. There aren’t many flowers I know of that don’t attract bees. I hope you can find something though. I know my marigolds and zinnias dont seem to be flooded with them. Also the roses. Hope that helps! Good luck ❤
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Thanks for the tips! I’ll probably be doing a lot of non-flowering plants. Although, I won’t budge about the cherry trees. I’m getting at least one. 😛
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Very pretty! We had to pull out a bunch of lemon balm and mint plants because they started taking over! But I love the fragrant leaves. Yay for spring. 😀
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Oh fun! Happy spring is here too. ⚘😊 Thanks, Lorilin.
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Very pretty! Spring is just starting and my daffodils are up, still waiting for my azaleas to bloom. Can’t wait to get planting this year!
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Spring is finally here! ⚘ I hope you have an awesome growing season. I’m hopeful were not going to have a blazing, hot and dry summer. 😉
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Thanks! Me too!
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