Pycanthemum muticum - Mountain Mint october glory Blooms have non-drooping petals

Blooms have non-drooping petals

This is a bushy

Water resistant fibers dry quickly

or for color in garden beds

Pycanthemum muticum - Mountain Mint october glory Blooms have non-drooping petalsEasily 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