Hi everybody, this is my first post. Someone gave me a plant a few days ago as a present, she said she uses it for cooking sometimes but didn't tell me what it was. I'm uploading some photos, maybe you can help me toidentify it!!! it smells good... (reminds me to turpentine with a little bit of mint)
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ok, now one more thing I'm trying to figure out. I bought these plants as "sage", one of them is "Salvia officinalis" I think (the green one), but I don't know what the other is, the one whose leaves have white/reddish borders.
Can I use both of them for cooking or making infusions?
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Thank you very much for your help!
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Thanks a lot for your help Hortoholic!!!
Chocolate mint, right? so what is this, an hybrid or something? I have some mentha piperita plants and they're so different from this one (longer leaves, much stronger flavour, etc) that I would have never imagined they were the same genus.
Speaking of drying plants for cooking, what's the best way to do it?
Thanks again, see you soon!
Chocolate mint, right? so what is this, an hybrid or something? I have some mentha piperita plants and they're so different from this one (longer leaves, much stronger flavour, etc) that I would have never imagined they were the same genus.
Speaking of drying plants for cooking, what's the best way to do it?
Thanks again, see you soon!
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