Pineapple Mint Plant - Mint for Tea & Drinks

A fragrant and uplifting herb for your healing garden

Pineapple Mint is a beautifully scented herb, loved for its soft green and cream variegated leaves and gentle fruity aroma. With its fresh, slightly sweet fragrance, it brings both beauty and flavour to the garden. Easy to grow and wonderfully versatile, it is perfect for herb gardens, containers, and kitchen use.

Why choose The Healing Herb Garden Pineapple Mint?

Our Pineapple Mint plants are carefully grown and selected to establish quickly and thrive in UK gardens. Supplied as strong, healthy plants, they are ready to plant into herb beds, raised beds, or containers.

Our plants are carefully grown and nurtured with patience and care, so they arrive healthy, well-rooted, and ready to thrive in your garden.

Pineapple Mint (Mentha suaveolens ‘Variegata’) is a hardy perennial herb known for its attractive variegated foliage and refreshing aroma with subtle fruity notes. It grows quickly and can be harvested regularly, making it ideal for everyday use.

This versatile herb thrives in full sun or partial shade and is best suited to containers or controlled planting areas, as it can spread if planted directly in the ground.

At The Healing Herb Garden we grow plants with gardeners, herbalists, and nature lovers in mind — helping you create a garden filled with beautiful, useful, and traditional herbs.

Pineapple Mint – The Healing Herb Garden

Usually available: Spring – Autumn
Life cycle: Perennial
Height: 30 – 60 cm
Position: Full sun / Part shade
Soil preference: Moist, well-drained soil

Uses

Herbal
Mint has a long history in traditional herbal practices and has been valued in herb gardens for generations.

This variety is also ideal for summer use, adding a light minty note to desserts, drinks, and even cake batters. Its subtle flavour pairs well with fresh fruit and seasonal recipes.

Pineapple Mint produces soft mauve flowers in summer, which are highly attractive to bees and butterflies, making it a great choice for wildlife-friendly gardens.

Aromatic
The leaves release a soft, sweet scent with hints of fruit when touched or crushed.

Ground cover
Pineapple Mint spreads readily and can form dense growth if planted directly in the ground.

Physical characteristics

Height
30 – 60 cm tall

Foliage
Soft green leaves edged with creamy white, slightly fuzzy in texture.

Flowers
Small pale flowers appearing in summer, attractive to pollinators.

Variegated and non-variegated form, it grows to around 60 cm in height and thrives in both garden beds and containers.

Perfect for herb gardens in the UK

Pineapple Mint is a great choice if you are looking to grow something both decorative and useful. Its attractive foliage and fresh flavour make it ideal for containers, patios, and kitchen gardens.

Growing herbs like Pineapple Mint allows you to enjoy fresh flavours while adding colour and scent to your garden space.

Supplied as a healthy young plant, ready to establish and thrive in your Healing Herb Garden.