Sow seeds outside in late fall or early spring. Start seeds indoors about a month before outside temperatures are expected to reach 50°F. Keep the seeds warm until they germinate, and moist but never ...

If you want to get in with the gardening cognoscenti, just tell them you planted a pollinator garden and they'll love you. Pollinators are very important to the world's food supply and even better ...

This year, I decided to grow something different in my herb garden. In past years, I have grown varieties of mints (chocolate, mojito, apple, pineapple and spearmint) and found they could be quite ...

Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) isn’t particularly showy — with its pale, gray-green foliage and tiny flowers you could walk right past it without even noticing it — but this native perennial ...

When it came time to choose plants to add to a sunny spot in my native garden this fall, mountain mint was at the top of the list, and I found several healthy plants at Meadow City Nursery. Plants in ...

Gardeners may never have heard of this plant that has been chosen Perennial of the Year for 2025. Its name is Clustered Mountain Mint (pycnanthemum muticum). There are about 20 species in total, ...

If someone told you to go and find a bunch of mountain mints, where would you look? Strangely enough, if you went looking for mountain mints in the mountains, you might have a hard time finding them.