A bumblebee feasts on clustered mountain mint 🐝🤍🌱
#insectthursday #bumblebees #insects #bugsky #pollinators #flowers #plants #mountainmint #thornepreserve #nature #woodstock #newyork #photography
#insectthursday #bumblebees #insects #bugsky #pollinators #flowers #plants #mountainmint #thornepreserve #nature #woodstock #newyork #photography
July 23, 2026 at 3:55 AM
A bumblebee feasts on clustered mountain mint 🐝🤍🌱
#insectthursday #bumblebees #insects #bugsky #pollinators #flowers #plants #mountainmint #thornepreserve #nature #woodstock #newyork #photography
#insectthursday #bumblebees #insects #bugsky #pollinators #flowers #plants #mountainmint #thornepreserve #nature #woodstock #newyork #photography
My pollinator garden is pollinating 😍
May 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
My pollinator garden is pollinating 😍
A patch of wild bermagot & mountain mint in bloom along with golden rod yet to bloom. A fun native plant trifecta that keeps themselves upright with no flopping over. A few bumblebees enjoy dinner as the sun sets #Monardafistulosa
June 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
A patch of wild bermagot & mountain mint in bloom along with golden rod yet to bloom. A fun native plant trifecta that keeps themselves upright with no flopping over. A few bumblebees enjoy dinner as the sun sets #Monardafistulosa
Morning walk in the garden: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly visiting the Mountain Mint & Goldenrod garden patch. #PapilioGlaucus #bugsky
August 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Morning walk in the garden: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly visiting the Mountain Mint & Goldenrod garden patch. #PapilioGlaucus #bugsky
First year of our native pollinator garden. Black-eyed Susans, bee balm, mountainmint, misflower, and amsonia 🌱
July 6, 2023 at 10:04 PM
First year of our native pollinator garden. Black-eyed Susans, bee balm, mountainmint, misflower, and amsonia 🌱
We got out early yesterday, trying to beat the worst of the heat. Cane Creek Mountains are in the extreme drought zone & it was apparent in the dearth of blooms. We did see these two: Sericocarpus linifolius (Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster) & Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Narrowleaf Mountainmint) 1/2
June 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM
We got out early yesterday, trying to beat the worst of the heat. Cane Creek Mountains are in the extreme drought zone & it was apparent in the dearth of blooms. We did see these two: Sericocarpus linifolius (Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster) & Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Narrowleaf Mountainmint) 1/2
Status update on the pollinator garden 🌱
August 12, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Status update on the pollinator garden 🌱
As expected, the bluestars are the first to bloom in the native garden. The mountainmint is already waist-high with the bee balm, and Black-eyed Susans are right behind it. There are mounds of mistflower ready to take over the garden 🌱
May 7, 2024 at 4:23 PM
As expected, the bluestars are the first to bloom in the native garden. The mountainmint is already waist-high with the bee balm, and Black-eyed Susans are right behind it. There are mounds of mistflower ready to take over the garden 🌱
July 11, 2024 at 9:54 PM
The Mountain mint took off this year 🌱
future filler for dahlia bouquets
#mountainmint #flowerfeed #bloomscrolling #michiganflowers
future filler for dahlia bouquets
#mountainmint #flowerfeed #bloomscrolling #michiganflowers
July 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Mountain mint took off this year 🌱
future filler for dahlia bouquets
#mountainmint #flowerfeed #bloomscrolling #michiganflowers
future filler for dahlia bouquets
#mountainmint #flowerfeed #bloomscrolling #michiganflowers
💮 loomis' mountainmint 🌿
Pycnanthemum loomisii
best guess based on ranges & other observations; i didn't get any seeds so of course it is impossible to differentiate this from its two otherwise identical sisters species 🙄
#nativeplants #flowerreport
Pycnanthemum loomisii
best guess based on ranges & other observations; i didn't get any seeds so of course it is impossible to differentiate this from its two otherwise identical sisters species 🙄
#nativeplants #flowerreport
July 16, 2024 at 10:13 PM
💮 loomis' mountainmint 🌿
Pycnanthemum loomisii
best guess based on ranges & other observations; i didn't get any seeds so of course it is impossible to differentiate this from its two otherwise identical sisters species 🙄
#nativeplants #flowerreport
Pycnanthemum loomisii
best guess based on ranges & other observations; i didn't get any seeds so of course it is impossible to differentiate this from its two otherwise identical sisters species 🙄
#nativeplants #flowerreport
Checking out the bustling pollinator business out back. Saw this huge dude in the mountainmint, blurry video still was enough to identify as a CLUBBED MYDAS FLY! Native to the region. It’s a mimic and really confused me at first lol
July 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Checking out the bustling pollinator business out back. Saw this huge dude in the mountainmint, blurry video still was enough to identify as a CLUBBED MYDAS FLY! Native to the region. It’s a mimic and really confused me at first lol
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Slender #Mountainmint). #Native to eastern NA. Grows in dry, open woods, prairies as well as stream banks. Has narrow, simple leaves. Small white flowers grow at the end of the stems. Gives a faint #minty fragrance when crushed. Great for #pollinators!
#nativeplants #mint
#nativeplants #mint
January 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Slender #Mountainmint). #Native to eastern NA. Grows in dry, open woods, prairies as well as stream banks. Has narrow, simple leaves. Small white flowers grow at the end of the stems. Gives a faint #minty fragrance when crushed. Great for #pollinators!
#nativeplants #mint
#nativeplants #mint
Playing paparazzi to the bumblebees and butterflies enjoying our native(ish) plants: mountain mint and purple coneflower.
Bonus: no insect was harmed and also no Mickey was harmed, YAY!
#nativegardening #MountainMint #Maryland #Photography #Bees #PurpkeConeflowers
Bonus: no insect was harmed and also no Mickey was harmed, YAY!
#nativegardening #MountainMint #Maryland #Photography #Bees #PurpkeConeflowers
June 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Playing paparazzi to the bumblebees and butterflies enjoying our native(ish) plants: mountain mint and purple coneflower.
Bonus: no insect was harmed and also no Mickey was harmed, YAY!
#nativegardening #MountainMint #Maryland #Photography #Bees #PurpkeConeflowers
Bonus: no insect was harmed and also no Mickey was harmed, YAY!
#nativegardening #MountainMint #Maryland #Photography #Bees #PurpkeConeflowers
Wildflowers on the last day of August 2026. Nature carries on.
September 2, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Wildflowers on the last day of August 2026. Nature carries on.
Went for a short walk in the Alston Quarter behind our house. One of the roads for the hunt club is coming back as a Piedmont prairie. This Pycnanthemum (probably pycnanthemoides but could be incanum) was a microhabitat for many arthropods 1/n
August 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Went for a short walk in the Alston Quarter behind our house. One of the roads for the hunt club is coming back as a Piedmont prairie. This Pycnanthemum (probably pycnanthemoides but could be incanum) was a microhabitat for many arthropods 1/n
its still too hot to think but I did a yard circuit to stake floppers from last nights storm. noticed the narrow leaf mountainmint is BUSY! Finally has a lot of blooms, there’s a constant buzz of tiny little guys and bigger waspy guys just haloing the plant so I’m taking all the dopamine I can
July 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
its still too hot to think but I did a yard circuit to stake floppers from last nights storm. noticed the narrow leaf mountainmint is BUSY! Finally has a lot of blooms, there’s a constant buzz of tiny little guys and bigger waspy guys just haloing the plant so I’m taking all the dopamine I can
I took off work yesterday and spent the afternoon pulling weeds, transplanting these swamp milkweeds & a clustered mountain mint. I quickly rigged up the rabbit-proof fence even tho I don’t have the right fence posts yet. catbirds kept me company THE WHOLE TIME.
June 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I took off work yesterday and spent the afternoon pulling weeds, transplanting these swamp milkweeds & a clustered mountain mint. I quickly rigged up the rabbit-proof fence even tho I don’t have the right fence posts yet. catbirds kept me company THE WHOLE TIME.
We hit a highlight at our first stop, Gentiana autumnalis, Pine Barren Gentian, but I also love the delicate Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Savanna Mountainmint) blossoms, like small fireworks 3/n
October 9, 2023 at 10:46 AM
We hit a highlight at our first stop, Gentiana autumnalis, Pine Barren Gentian, but I also love the delicate Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Savanna Mountainmint) blossoms, like small fireworks 3/n
We also saw early summer wildflowers, especially on the trail up to the ridge --such a lovely array of colors 4/n
June 10, 2024 at 11:24 PM
We also saw early summer wildflowers, especially on the trail up to the ridge --such a lovely array of colors 4/n
A couple more great pollinator plants: #MountainMint And #CulversRoot
August 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A couple more great pollinator plants: #MountainMint And #CulversRoot
Two favorites of the season for me are Ageratina aromatica
(Smaller White Snakeroot) and Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower). Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides (Southern Mountainmint) was past its prime but smelled lovely 5/n
(Smaller White Snakeroot) and Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower). Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides (Southern Mountainmint) was past its prime but smelled lovely 5/n
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Two favorites of the season for me are Ageratina aromatica
(Smaller White Snakeroot) and Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower). Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides (Southern Mountainmint) was past its prime but smelled lovely 5/n
(Smaller White Snakeroot) and Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower). Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides (Southern Mountainmint) was past its prime but smelled lovely 5/n
Stayed local today, but I still forget names and look up some of these every year haha (also I just started using iNat! Don’t judge)
August 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Stayed local today, but I still forget names and look up some of these every year haha (also I just started using iNat! Don’t judge)
Mountainmint with a little johnson grass which must have spawned from hell this summer the way it has grown and irked us all
July 29, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Mountainmint with a little johnson grass which must have spawned from hell this summer the way it has grown and irked us all