Native Mint Bush and River Mint: Growing Australian Culinary Mints

Native Mint Species Worth GrowingProstanthera rotundifolia (round-leaved mint bush) is the most widely grown — a medium shrub with spectacular purple flowers in spring and leaves with a strong clean mint flavour. Mentha australis (river mint) is a native perennial mint growing along waterways with a stronger, more complex flavour than common garden mint. Plectranthus graveolens (native bush basil) produces pungent camphor-mint-scented leaves used in indigenous cooking.Growing Native Mint BushP…