Pycnanthemum tenuifolium New Colonists called the plant Sweet

Colonists called the plant Sweet Pepperbush

'Filicoides'

and long a favorite for lighting the dim corners of a garden

A little afternoon shade in hot regions keeps the flowers and the dark stems at their best

or let the vine cascade over a wall or bank

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium New Colonists called the plant SweetWhere blunt mountain mint is all broad silver, Pycnanthemum tenuifolium is the slender cousin, a fine textured native built from wiry stems and narrow, almost needle thin leaves. From midsummer into early fall the plant clouds over with flat topped clusters of tiny white to pale lavender flowers, faintly purple speckled, and the effect at a distance is a low haze of bloom. What the flowers lack in size they make up in draw: bees, small butterflies,