Pycnanthemum muticum

Mountain Mint

As the summer advances the new leaves of Mountain Mint take on a silvery-white coloration to the point where they look like small white Poinsettias. The small pink flowers are a great butterfly attractant, and the foliage is deliciously aromatic. This plant is one of the significant late summer beauties on the High Line in NYC. Its rapid growth habit makes Pycnanthemum muticum a great groundcover.

PRN Preferred: Attracts the most pollinators we've ever seen, very critter resistant.

Height

36 Inches

Spread

36 Inches

Bloom Color

Pink

USDA Hardiness Zone

Pleasant Run Nursery Preferred Selection

Characteristics & Attributes

Attributes

•	Deer Resistant
•	Erosion Control
•	Fragrant - Foliage
•	Native
•	Native - Straight Species
•	Rain Garden Plants

Soil Conditions

•	Average
•	Moist
•	Wet

Bloom Time

•

Summer

Exposure

•	Full Shade
•	Partial Shade/Shade Tolerant
•	Sun

Special Recognition

•	Pleasant Run Nursery Preferred Selection

Attracts Wildlife

•	Attracts Butterflies
•	Attracts Pollinators

Tolerance

•	Wet Site Tolerant

Foliage Color

•	Green-Gray/Green-Silver/Silver

Companion Plants to Pycnanthemum muticum

Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
Rough Stemmed Goldenrod

Tricyrtis x 'Sinonome'
Toadlily

Similar Plants to Pycnanthemum muticum

Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky'
Shasta Daisy

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Slender Mountain Mint

Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers'
Sweet Coneflower