Mint - Berries and Cream Mentha spp.

Common Name:
Berries and Cream Mint

Description:
Berries and Cream Mint is a uniquely flavoured and highly aromatic variety of mint, celebrated for its sweet, dessert-like fragrance that carries subtle notes reminiscent of berries and vanilla cream. This fast-growing perennial forms a lush, spreading clump of bright green, textured leaves that release their distinctive scent when touched or harvested. Ideal for culinary use, it is perfect for garnishing desserts, infusing drinks, or adding a creative twist to fruit salads and teas. During summer, it may produce small spikes of pale purple flowers that attract bees and beneficial insects. Well-suited to Melbourne’s climate, this mint thrives in full sun to part shade and prefers consistently moist, well-drained soil. Like most mints, it can spread vigorously, making it an excellent choice for pots or contained garden spaces to keep growth manageable.

Form:
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding
Ground Cover

Mature Size:
Height: 30–60 cm
Width: 60–100 cm (spreading)

Aspect:
Full Sun
Part Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:
Pale purple
Lavender

Key Attributes:
Bee Attracting
Culinary Herb
Fast Growing
Perennial
Scented foliage
Suitable for Pots
Can become invasive if not contained

Toxicity:
Generally considered non-toxic to humans and pets when consumed in typical culinary amounts.

Companion Plants:
Strawberry
Blueberry
Lemon Balm
Chamomile
Basil