Pycnanthemum - Mountain Mint – Pollinators’ Delight
Pycnanthemum or Mountain Mint is a perennial genus that is an absolute favorite plant for a wide range of pollinating insects. While their blooms are smallish and not showy, they are numerous, open over a long period of time and provide plenty of nectar. Visitors to Mountain Mint include bumblebees, honeybees, solitary wasps, tachinid flies, syrphid flies, beetles and butterflies. A Pycnanthemum in bloom is in constant motion with the hordes of visiting insec