Northeast Pollinator Plants
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Slender Mountain Mint)
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We ship only to the New England and New York states. If you live near Fairfax, VT, consider buying at our farm, River Berry Farm.
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Common Name: Slender Mountain Mint
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies
Use: Garden, Naturalizing
Light: Full Sun to Part Sun
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8 USDA Zone Map
Soils: Dry to Moist
Flower Time: Early-August to Mid-September
Flower Color: White
Height: 2' - 3'
Notes: Slender Mountain Mint is a pollinator magnet for bees and butterflies. Will naturalize slowly in colder climates, so cautiously in the garden. This is one of Jane's absolute favorite habitat plants as it attracts such a diversity of pollinators, doesn't seem to spread much, at least in our northern Vermont climate, and is a great filler plant.
Host plant of
VT Bee Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN):
Bombus citrinus (Lemon Cuckoo Bumble bee)
Bombus pensylvanicus (American Bumble bee)
Triepeolus simplex (Simple Longhorn-Cuckoo bee)
Native to the Northeast, South and Midwest US: Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).