№11
Lamiaceae.
Gently lemon scented leaves mixed with mint.
Minty flavour, with a strong mix of lemon.
Perennial, herbaceous plant in the mint family. Flowers are pale yellow becoming pinkish, and blossom between August and September.
The Latin name, Melissa is Greek for ‘honey bee’; particularly apt as the flowers are full of nectar and therefore particularly appealing to bees.
Explore the locally foraged plants that we use to make The Botanist gin.
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