Pycnanthemum tenuifolium New Aesculus pavia var

Aesculus pavia var

That long leafless season gave the tree a curious name

hardy in zones 7 to 9

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

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium New Aesculus pavia varWhere 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,