Pycnanthemum virginianum-Common mountain mint

Description

You don’t usually think of mints as being beautiful, but this one is a stunner. The flowers themselves aren’t terribly showy, but the whorls of leaves that subtend the flowers are blushed white, almost like they have been frosted. Plants sport multiple stems reaching to about 3 or 4 feet tall, and stay relatively confined to where you plant them. The leaves are a soothing light green and have a complex and distinctive flavor profile that is seldom encountered elsewhere. Attracts a steady flow of insect pollinator traffic during those sultry humid days of mid July; mostly tiny wasps and other hymenopterans.

2gal size, $16.00 (Seed grown, MOFGA certified organic.)