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The smell isn’t as strong as from the peppermint grown in gardens, but all three mints that are native in Estonia have the same typical scent. The corn mint is the most widely spread, and as its names in Latin ("arvensis") as well as in English (corn) and Estonian (põld) suggest, one growing place is in fields. There the plant is actually a troublesome weed that is quite difficult to root out since it  propagates both vegetatively and by seeds. Insects find their way to the corn mint becuse it is a good nectar plant, and so the pollination of the flowers is ensured. The corn mint grows nearly everywhere where it finds a sufficiently fertile and humid soil.