Is this a real plant or a mere garden legend?
'Jack Daniels' Mint?
Hmmm...never heard of it.
Kind of stretching my word association (Jack Daniels = bourbon whiskey, and Mint plus bourbon whiskey = mint julep) Maybe you're looking for the Mentha 'Kentucky Colonel', supposedly *the* mint of the hat-wearing crowd on derby day? http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/88830/index.html
(But shipping Jack Daniels to the land of Maker's Mark, Wild Turkey, et al would be like sending coals to Newcastle ;o)
Terry, thanks for the recommendation of M. 'Kentucky Colonel'. I'll look it up since plants bring out the Martha Stewart in me. I wish I could pass on something equally as regional to you such as Vaccinium 'Blueberry Pie' or Solanum 'Fish Chowda' but nothing comes to mind.
I wish that the mint that I do have was up enough to join you all down south in a mint julep.
I think that I agree with your analogy too.
Have a good weekend.
NO it's not a true mint, and there is another floating around that's misnamed, it's called grape mint.
People stick their own names to things unfortunately, and folks think it's a new plant and buy the heck out of them. LOL
Jim westerfield was suppose to produce some new patented mints only being able to purchase them through richters herbs, but as of yet I don't think their selling any of them. Which reminds me I need to go to that site and make sure there aren't any new mints LOL
I don't know about 'Jack Daniels' mint, but I can tell you that we made some awesome mint juleps yesterday! We sipped them while watching the Derby, of course. Mom said they were the first that she really enjoyed, and she thinks it's because we used my favorite 'Kentucky Colonel' spearmint.
We used a recipe from the paper...
Get a tall glass (12-16 oz.). Put a big sprig of mint in the bottom with a heaping teaspoon of sugar, and muddle it around with a spoon to bruise the mint and get the flavor from it. Fill about 1/4 of the way with soda water (we used lemon-lime seltzer because that's what I had on hand, and it was wonderful), then fill the glass nearly to the brim with crushed ice. Add a shot of bourbon and stir.