Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
This vigorous mountain mint forms colonies and has clusters of showy white flowers. It has very narrow, needle like leaves that smell strongly of mint when crushed.
Height: 2-3ft
Bloom time: July-September
Sun: full sun to part shade
Soil: medium to dry
Wildlife value: attractive to many kinds of butterflies, bees, wasps, flies and beetles
DEER RESISTANT
LOCAL ECOTYPE
*Original ecotype collected in Newtown, CT; seed grown out at Hilltop Hanover Farm.