Native Mint Bush and River Mint: Growing Australian Culinary Mints

Two Native Culinary Mints Worth GrowingNative mint bush (Prostanthera species) and river mint (Mentha australis) offer distinctly Australian alternatives — and complements — to the common European mints, both suited to native gardens and bringing genuinely different flavours to the kitchen.Native Mint BushProstanthera species are aromatic native shrubs with a minty, herbal fragrance released when leaves are brushed or crushed, and many produce a beautiful spring flush of small tubular flower…