Korean Mint seed Agastache rugosa
LATIN NAME: Agastache rugosa
COMMON NAME: Korean Mint
The Korean mint is the purple spike of the late garden, and the small, two-lipped flowers crowd the dense heads above the aromatic leaves. The upright, bushy, perennial herb carries the lance-shaped, toothed, aromatic leaves and the dense, upright spikes of the small, purple-blue, two-lipped flowers through the late summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the border, drawing the bees and the butterflies. The leaves have a long record as the fine, anise-scented herb of the warm tables, and the plant is a fine, generous presence of the herb garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Korean mint is a bright subject of the plant science, and the purple spikes keep showing up in the work on the aromatic herbs. The chemistry of the leaves, which carry the fine, anise-scented oils of the warm kitchens, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the aromatic herbs, the mint family and the members of the mint family. The lance-shaped leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the Korean mint is a regular subject of the work on the purple spikes of the late world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Korean mint is a fine, bold plant of the herb garden and the late border. The dense, upright spikes of the small, purple-blue, two-lipped flowers open through the late summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the border, drawing the bees and the butterflies, and the lance-shaped, toothed leaves carry the fine, anise scent through the season. The young leaves come to the warm tables as the fresh, fragrant greens of the salads and the soups, and the plant is one of the fine choices for the herb garden, the late border and the study collection. It has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the purple spikes and the anise scent, and it is a fine, bold plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young plants the deep, moist bed, and the spikes will rise in the first season.
To grow the Korean mint from seed, sow the small, brown seeds over the surface of a pot of fine, gritty soil, with a light press, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings come through within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the purple spikes will rise through the late summer.
Oriental variety of anise-hyssop (which see) with sweet anise-like scent and flavour. Makes a pleasing tea and an unusual seasoning for meats and dressings. Helps clear fevers and strengthens the stomach.