Hi help please

Hi my friend has just emailed me these pictures, she thinks they are some kind of mint?




Thanks

 

Thats my Wilson! He is a bigger lad now tho :D

Got my hopes up there, pmsl

 

Helloooo Paula, Great to "see" you..:gnthb:

 

Hiya Dee hows things?

I really have to identify this bloody plant she reckons its mint but it has thse flowers? Its a slide show so maybe you can take a peek! I dont want her feeing it to her Rabbit cos she will blame me if it ends up in the pot

 

Ive had a look and I haven't a clue Paula, but it doesen't look like mint, Has this helped :hehe:

 

well it's better than my guess which was that it's a plant:gnthb:

 

pmsl well i shall tell her its not mint and its not for her rabbit its difficult cos she lives up the other end of the country and ive never seen her garden!

:lol:

 

Ive had another look and the leaves look more like a Fuschia to me!!!
Wilson's gorgeous Paula, is he behaving himself?

 

I think that if it is mint, you will get a clear minty smell when you crush the leaves.

Youngdaisy may have put her finger on it. It looks a bit like Fuschia arborescens from the flowers in your picture. http://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/large/fuschia_arborescens.jpg

 

It looks a bit like marjoram/origanum to me too. Not all mints smell like mint-lemon balm for instance smells like lemon pledge and thaty`s a mint I think.

The marjoram will taste very strong and if you rub the leaves you should get a very subtle almost sage like scent.

I have what looks like the exact same plant and it`s marjoram. Little pale purple flowers.