Mountain Mint Seeds, Pycnanthemum Pilosum AKA American Mountain Mint,-1000 Seeds This American native is an attractive plant that will be equally at home in your flower border or keeping company with the sage and thyme in your herb garden. Mountain mints bloom throughout summer until first frosts. The flowers are arranged in round, flat, tight clusters at the top of the plant. The 12mm (in) long flowers are whitish or pale lavender, the lower lip spotted with purple. Like their close cousins the Monardas, they often develop white pigments in the leaves. The silver-velvety bracts that frame the flower clusters are especially decorative. Delightfully aromatic, the floral-peppermint scent is subtly different from other mints. Use in potpourri, incense, and as an ingredient in natural insect pest repellent formulas. Mountain mint is edible and excellent in salads. Raw or cooked the flower buds and leaves have a spicy, mint-like flavour that makes a great spice or seasoning for meat. The fresh or dried leaves are brewed into a delicious mint-like tea. Valued for their ability to attract bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects, from morning until evening these plants are alive with the dance of the pollinators. Mountain mint is a great nectar plant and its honey is much sought after.Seeds can also be sown directly outdoors in April or May, but in a garden situation you may wish to contain the plant. While not nearly as invasive as true mint varieties, Mountain Mint will spread. While some gardeners enjoy growing a plant that increases in size each year, in some situations, you may need to pull up the new shoots each year to curtail any wandering tendencies. You may choose to plant in a container or in a pot sunk into the ground to restrict the roots. Our seeds/bulbs are guaranteed to be fresh but are NOT guaranteed as to results. Sorry, but there are too many variables in gardening that can impact germination. Flower seeds/bulbs are a live organism. Their germination depends on many factor including heat, cooling, sun, shade, moisture, time of sowing, etc. None of these things We can control so We can not be held responsible for them. So please do not ask for a refund, replacement or to return unused seeds/bulbs.