#头条创作挑战赛 #
In July last year, I came across a cluster of plants swaying in the wind and blooming dense pink and purple flower bulbs, and I suddenly felt that my eyes lit up. Although I don't know who her last name is, I was still impressed by her appearance, and I wanted to wait for the autumn seed to mature and pick a little seed, and when I saw it again, it had already been pruned.
Pinkish-purple American mint
Fortunately, I took a picture at that time and looked it up on the Internet, and it turned out to be American mint. American peppermint is an annual herb of the genus Peppermint with lips. The stem is nearly glabrous; The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, with unequal serrations on the margins, papery; The flowers are inflorescences with short bracts , leaf-like, fully margined, reddish, and the corolla is purplish-red. Flowering takes place in July.
It is also said to be perennial, since it is said to be hardy, it must be based on the fact that it can overwinter, and wintering is New Year's Eve, then at least it is biennial, so I prefer to believe that it is perennial.
The spherical flowers are also delicate when viewed up close
Saw American mint at the flower market and bought one. Initially, I was also afraid that American mint, like native mint, had a horizontal and oblique walking stem, which would easily flood, so I observed it in a pot for a while and found that it did not appear walking stem, so I planted it in autumn.
A touch of coolness on a hot summer day
American mint, not only the flower bulbs are fresh and bright, but the seed pods are also green balls, swaying in the wind on the tall, slender flowers, graceful and agile.
The blooming flowers are like festive flowers
Winter came, and the time came to test its hardiness, so I still covered its roots with a thin layer of soil for simple protection, and the rest was on its own.
One tree is a big bush
Spring is coming, I have been observing the location of American mint planted last year, many wintering flowers have sprouted, pumped, and even bloomed, it still has not moved, is it really an annual? Yesterday I finally saw a cluster of small buds grow, and it finally lived up to its expectations for a perfect wintering.
Small green soil buds are American mint
If you're in the north and happen to like American mint, plant one and try it. It is said that American mint flowers and leaves can still be eaten in tea.