Nodding Onion Gardens

Native Plant Nursery

Columbia Station, Ohio, USA
 

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint
Ohio Native Plant - Natural Range
Visit the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service site to view the natural range of Mountain Mint
Mountain Mint in bloom
Bees Love this Plant!
Wildlife Significance
Nectar Source - Gray Hairstreak, Red-Banded Hairstreak, eastern Tailed Blue, Spring Azure

Host Plant - Plant in the mint family provide food for the Hermit sphinx moth

Pollen - Nectar - long and short tongue, wasps, flies, and beetles

For more details on Mountain Mint visit the Illinois Wildflower site
Frog hiding in Mountain Mint
Even Frogs Like Mountain Mint
white flowers on Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Narrow- leaved Mountain Mint
Cultivation Information
Height -  12 to 18 inches
Flower Color -  White
 Blooms -  June - September
Sun - Sun, part sun

Hardy Zone - 3 to 9

Soil - moist to dry
pH -
Family - Lamiaceae
Close up picture of Mountian mint
NOG - Mountain Mint
Plants Provenance -  Nodding Onion Garden - 2012 - 2015 - Original plant friend's property Rocky River, Ohio