Pycanthemum muticum - Mountain Mint october glory Padding protects knuckles against scrapes

Padding protects knuckles against scrapes and bruises

Blooms have non-drooping petals

A tuft of white petals rises from a green base of guard petals in a most unusual color combination of lime-green and white

with aromatic

creamy white and green

Pycanthemum muticum - Mountain Mint october glory Padding protects knuckles against scrapesEasily grown in fertile, moist to medium moisture, well drained soils in full sun to part shade. Plants are less drought tolerant than most of the other species of Pycnanthemum. Performs well in bright shade, but best flowering often occurs in full sun. This plant is a vigorous grower that may spread by rhizomes in optimum conditions, but it is not invasive as are many of the true mints (Mentha). If naturalizing is unwanted, prune roots in spring with