Pycnanthemum muticum 24/10 Restock and the tubular flowers are

and the tubular flowers are a favorite of ruby-throated hummingbirds

'Alagold' is the exception in color: a yellow-berried seedling of Foster number two

The modest

and release a pleasant citrusy scent when crushed

soft-wooded shrub of the mint family

Pycnanthemum muticum 24/10 Restock and the tubular flowers areIf any native perennial could be said to hum, the honor would go to Pycnanthemum muticum. From mid to late summer the blunt mountain mint gathers a shimmer of broad, silver frosted bracts at the top of every stem, and within them open dense heads of tiny pink to white flowers that draw an almost comic density of life: bees of every kind, wasps, butterflies, skippers, moths, and flies working the nectar from dawn to dusk. In a three year Penn State