I came across the plant in the picture above less than 100 yards from our cottage and believe it to be the milder apple mint, though it can be hard to tell until it flowers.
It's worth looking for this perfumed plant especially if you have an aversion - as many do- to letting garden mint run rampant among your borders - even pots cannot contain its propensity to multiply sometimes. But also wild mints have a milder, less overpowering aroma making it ideal for the more subtle flavours of sweet dishes as well as the normal lamb with which it is usually associated.
This is yet another introduced plant which has become naturalised and with the summer months quickly approaching (although perhaps not the summer weather, yet at any rate!) its subdued minty hints will be best served in a jug of Pimms.
