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Blunt Mountain Mint

Pycnathemum muticum

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ZONES  4-8 | Good to grow! Zone
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• Blunt Mountain Mint is a non-aggressive mint relative from the eastern US
• Features richly mint-scented foliage and shimmering, silvery floral bracts, this plant adds new dimensions to old gardens
• Highly attractive to native pollinators
• 2025 Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year

Blunt Mountain Mint

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Description

Pycnanthemum muticum, Blunt Leaf Mountain Mint, is a rising star in horticulture. Though the plant has been widely grown in the native plant gardening circles of the East, it has seen little use out West. We intend to change that: this species offers a long, summer bloom of near-white, nectar-rich flowers that are highly valuable to native pollinators. Surrounding its flowers are attractive, shimmering silvery bracts that add weeks to the visual interest of the plant. Blunt Leaf Mountain Mint spreads slowly by runners along the soil surface to make large clumps, but doesn’t present the troublesome, aggressive nature of its true mint cousins. Grows best with moderate moisture and full sun though it does tolerate periodic drought well. Excellent addition to prairie and meadow plantings, wildlife gardens, and perennial borders in the Midwest, plains states, and Pacific Northwest.

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key features

Advantages
  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Beneficial Insects
  • Native
  • Fragrant
Tolerates
  • Occasional Drought
Light Requirements
  • Morning Sun & Afternoon Shade
  • Full Sun
Bloom Time
Early summer to fall

Additional information

Planting Time
  • Spring / Summer
Soil Moisture
  • Average
  • Moist / Wet
Water Tolerance
Moderate Rainfall
Soil Type
  • Average Soil
  • Compost Enriched Garden Loam Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil
Mature Height
12-36" tall
Mature Spread
36" wide
Growing Zones
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
Native To
Eastern North America
Awards
2025 Perennial Plant of the Year- Perennial Plant Association
Non-GMO
No
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