Flowering: Corsican Mint is blooming!

My Corsican Mint (Mentha requienii) is flowering! Tiny little purple flowers. I was checking on it the other day, and when I first glanced at it I wondered what had fallen down all over the lush green leaves… then I looked closer and saw they were tiny little flowers! So pretty!

Corsican Mint is interesting because it’s the mint that is used to make the liqueur Crème de menthe. It is very fragrant, just touching it lightly will leave your hand smelling strongly of mint. It makes great mint sauce.

I have nicknamed this plant “Mini Mint”.