Maroush deli mint

copyright Coastal Gardening Society 2011

Rewind a few years, to a time when the Maroush deli in London's Edgware Road W2 http://www.maroush.com was more of a deli and less of a cafe. I bought a huge bunch of mint, fresh from Lebanon. So pungent is this mint that the entire Tube carriage smelled minty. Not the reminiscent of cat pee mint smell, the minty toothpaste type smell. People were trying to figure out where it was coming from. Once home, I dunked the entire bunch in a trifle bowl and waited for the roots. The dog loves to sit on it and if he has brushed past the mint, and walks past me, the mint scent follows him as an invisible vapour trail. I have recently added some to a big terracotta pot.