While Durham tries to thaw, it's hard not to think about our sleeping garden. Last year, mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) was one of the busiest spots in the yard - carpenter bees, thread-waisted wasps, skippers - fascinating to watch. #SpringIsComing #NativePlants #pollinators #Pycnanthemum

A carpet of brown leaves with emerging green Mountain mint leaves.

🌱 Local #native Mountain Mint #Pycnanthemum loomisii 'Orange scented' (not citrus but as in orange mint) The other form that grows here is identical but camphor scented.

Silver dusted leaves of the Loomis Mountain mint.

🌱 eastern #native #Pycnanthemum loomisii is found on the higher elevations here. It comes in both camphor and orange scented forms.

Crab Spider eating a Honey Bee on Pycnanthemum incanum in the Nursery! Got any cool predators in your yards? #nativeplants #crabspider #honeybee #pycnanthemum

De #Pycnanthemum zoemt 🐝🐝🐝🐝

Fuzzy leaved Mountain mint, Pycnanthemum pilosum with clusters of small white flowers and pollinating insects.

🌱 eastern U.S. #native Hairy Mountain mint / #Pycnanthemum pilosum

🌱🦋 #Pycnanthemum pilosum / Hairy Mountain mint with pollinators, July 1, 2025

"Pycnanthemum!" So fun to say. Exercises each part of the mouth. We have our own #Pycnanthemum #californicum over here in #CA, too! I had some growing in my little #riparian bed alongside the courtyard of our former home in #L.A. I'll have to research if yours grows in my birth state: #Louisiana.