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Hoary Mountain Mint

A bee sits on pale green leaves with tiny white flowers at the center, and more leaves and flowers in the background.

Pycanthemum incanum

Season(s): Summer

Garden:
Terraces and Historic Gardens

Type of Plant: Flower, Fragrant, Native, Perennial

Hoary mountain mint (Pycanthemum incanum) with a honeybee (Apis mellifera) in the Historic Gardens. Photo by William Hanley.

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Garden Talks about this Plant

A bee sits on pale green leaves with tiny white flowers at the center, and more leaves and flowers in the background.
Mountain Mint

Most animals rest during hot summer afternoons, but visitors to the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants or the Historic Gardens’ Butterfly Garden will notice one group of plants in particular that are literally buzzing with activity from late June through September, even in the middle of the day.

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