{"id":20608,"date":"2024-09-25T08:04:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog\/?p=20608"},"modified":"2024-09-25T08:04:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:04:24","slug":"blunt-mountain-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog\/blunt-mountain-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"Blunt Mountain Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drum roll, please!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">INTRODUCING BLUNT MOUNTAIN MINT: THE 2025 PERENNIAL PLANT OF THE YEAR<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Pycnanthemum muticum<\/strong><\/em> is the botanical name for this powerful native. We received this perennial recently, and I immediately fell in love with it because of its looks and fragrance. Here are a few points of interest regarding why it was the chosen perennial.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a native perennial for our area.<\/li>\n<li>It is very hardy (Zones 4 \u2013 8).<\/li>\n<li>It is both deer and rabbit-resistant.<\/li>\n<li>It is a prime candidate for a pollinator garden.<\/li>\n<li>This perennial is best used when it is allowed to create an expanding, naturalized cluster.<\/li>\n<li>Grows up to 36 inches tall with fragrant foliage and clusters of nectar-rich small tubular flowers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2013, Penn State studied 88 pollinator-rewarding herbaceous perennial plants. Here are some results of the study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BEST PLANTS FOR FLOWERING LONGEVITY &#8211; Blunt Mountain Mint won with ten weeks of peak bloom.<\/li>\n<li>BEST PLANTS FOR POLLINATOR VISITOR DIVERSITY &#8211; Blunt Mountain Mint was the winner.<\/li>\n<li>BEST PLANTS FOR SHEER NUMBER OF INSECT VISITORS &#8211; Blunt Mountain Mint won with 78 different insects.<\/li>\n<li>BEST PLANTS FOR SHEER # OF BEE AND SYRPHID VISITORS &#8211; Blunt Mountain Mint won with 19 bees\/syrphids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bottom line: Blunt Mountain Mint is a must-have for pollinator gardens. Its heads of tiny white blooms attract butterflies, wasps, and bees from July through September. This tough perennial has no disease issues.<\/p>\n<p>Please remember this tip: It prefers an area that can freely naturalize and spread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>FALL IS A GREAT SEASON TO BE PLANTING A LITTLE HAPPINESS!!!!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog\/\">To read more posts from Doug, visit our blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/hours-locations\/big-great-greenhouse-in-richmond-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Return to the Great Big Greenhouse homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drum roll, please! INTRODUCING BLUNT MOUNTAIN MINT: THE 2025 PERENNIAL PLANT OF THE YEAR Pycnanthemum muticum is the botanical name for this powerful native. We received this perennial recently, and I immediately fell in love with it because of its looks and fragrance. 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