Apple mint (Mentha suaveolens) offers all the health benefits of other types of mint but with a refreshingly different taste. It’s easy to grow in sun or shade, in containers or in the garden, and it works well in a wide variety of dishes, mint teas, and more. It grows in full sun to partial shade and will flourish and spread with little more than regular water. It blooms in late summer and is hardy zone 5-9.