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rideintothesunset.bsky.social
Wildflowers on the last day of August 2026. Nature carries on.
September 2, 2026 at 8:24 AM
lumperslump.bsky.social
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)
Screenshot of naturalist app with pics and names of species: Naked-flowered Tick-Trefoil Broad-necked Root Borer Southern Sneezeweed Common Selfheal Narrowleaf Mountainmint White Meadowsweet Screenshot of my inaturalist app observations: Persian Silk Tree Naked-flowered Tick-Trefoil Wild Carrot Common Selfheal
August 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
naakeetula.bsky.social
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
tweety-woody.bsky.social
Swamp Milkweed 
Tall White
Beardtongue                  Mountainmint
Hyssop
Calico Aster                                              Plains Coreopsis Heath Aster
Arrowleaf
Aster                                  Pagoda Plant
Common Milkweed
Early goldenrod
Bergamot
New York Ironweed
Whorled Milkweed
July 28, 2026 at 1:31 AM
tkg-nc.bsky.social
The Wild Harvest Digest: July 2026, #4

Good Morning Neighbors,

Welcome back folks, instead of talking about wild plants we will be talking about lovely things in the trial gardens. #Petunia #MountainMint #Oregano #Marigold
The first plant on display this week is one of my personal favorites, Headliner Dark Saturn Petunias. What a flower! I only managed to get two specimens for the garden as my favorite supplier was nearly out of them when these flowers caught my eye. The flowers vary a bit from the one in the picture but the super-dark purple centers that sort of bleed out into the white borders almost like a how a drop of black ink put in a glass of water will swirl, disperse and take on random shapes and patterns. The best part is that these flowers have a slight scent early in the morning and are pretty entrancing in the early morning light as new flowers have just opened. The best part is that the Pollinators love these Petunias and if you can get some I’m sure you will too. Next up is Durango Red French Marigolds. As some of you know I have a standing bias towards Marigolds; I put them in every garden plan because Marigolds are a sturdy attractive addition to any garden. Durango Red though has that gorgeous fireball orange thing going on and each flower even on the same plant is a little bit different. At a few feet of distance it looks like the plant is producing little fireballs and the Pollinators seem to like them just fine. I did lose a few of these plants early on though, and I presume that is due to lack of vigor or perhaps overcrowding but when the heat of summer has arrived you can find no better a flowering annual. This third plant is a curveball, it isn’t an annual and chances are you have no idea what could possibly produce flowers like this. This is the flower cluster of a particularly healthy Oregano plant. Oregano is a hardy perennial that is effectively evergreen in zone 8B, and forms dense weed blocking mats and the flowers attract serious pollinators of the butterfly and solitary wasp kind because it is in the Mint family. While there are purely ornamental Oregano varieties with fancier flowers out there, I prefer the regular type because it proves Oregano isn’t just a spice, it’s a critical asset to the garden ecosystem. Finally we have another unexpected entry to this list, Clustered Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum). Mountain mint is our native species of Mint and the scientific name means ‘blunt flower’ and the specific epithet means ‘blunt’. As a herb Mountain mint has a spearmint scent and flavor though it’s not nearly as pungent as a some of the more cultivated varieties of Spearmint. The tiny spotted pink flowers of mountain mint attract a wide variety of solitary wasp pollinators and it is a critical part of supporting the local ecosystem since it is a native plant. The best part is how the flowers have those dusty off-white leaves around them and form this flower canopy while the rest of the plant is a rich green color. The one big advantage to Mountain Mint is that its stalks are rigidly upright and it generally does not escape cultivation as much as other more cultivated mints.
July 24, 2026 at 2:38 AM
belleab.bsky.social
A bumblebee feasts on clustered mountain mint 🐝🤍🌱
#insectthursday #bumblebees #insects #bugsky #pollinators #flowers #plants #mountainmint #thornepreserve #nature #woodstock #newyork #photography
July 23, 2026 at 3:55 AM
lumperslump.bsky.social
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
lumperslump.bsky.social
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
anaturejournal.bsky.social
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
A patch of light lavender blooming wild bermagot & mountain mint along with golden rod yet to bloom. A fun native plant trifecta that keeps themselves upright with no flopping over. beebalm wildbermagot mountainmint pollinatorgarden bloomscrolling
June 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
peiferlabunc.bsky.social
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
Sericocarpus linifolius Narrowleaf Whitetop Aster Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrowleaf Mountainmint
June 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM
toxicoradica.northsky.social
💮 narrowleaf mountainmint 🌿
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

#nativeplants #ecoregion71
a panicle of around a dozen flowerheads, each with up to a few dozen densely-packed flowerbuds, with fewer than a dozen mint-type flowers actually blooming across the entire thing, mostly in the center. the buds are light green and their calyces have five lobes. the blooming flowers are bilabiate, with a single lobe on the top lip with a tiny notch in the middle, and three lobes on the bottom lip. the corolla of each flower is white with small pale purple dots; its outside surface is hairy, and there is some fuzz at the flower's throat too. they have four stamens with white filaments and pale purple anthers, plus one style with a forked tip. the upper parts of some narrowleaf mountainmints growing in a grassland. they have green stems that occasionally put out slimmer branches from leaf axils. the leaves are opposite, green, and linear; they don't seem to get wider than the main stem. at the top of the stem, is branches several times in quick succession to form a panicle of dense flowerheads. mostly these clusters are full of pale green buds, but there are blooming flowers in there too. the flowers are white with pale purple dots. a clump of narrowleaf mountainmints growing a little over knee-high among taller grasses and forbs in a prairie. the mountainmints' green stems are lined with pairs of narrow green leaves, and at the top of their stem they have clusters of pale green flowerbuds and small white flowers. in the background a sumac tree is off to the right in the near distance, while a treeline of redcedars is further back.
June 14, 2026 at 2:24 AM
lumperslump.bsky.social
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.
Overhead view of a patch of dirt with green poles around the perimeter. 4 green swamp milkweed sprouts are planted around the center. Container of milkweed sprouts is in the center. Rocks mark the spots for the next transplants. A small green mountainmint is planted in the foreground. A grey catbird perches on the green plastic netting fence with a grub in its beak. Green grass and big bushy anise hyssop leaves in the background
June 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
melissamactn.bsky.social
This sumac cellophane-cuckoo bee was having a hard time getting the pollen off its tongue today. Maybe the bee equivalent of having food stuck in your teeth? #bees #BugSky
A bee with hazel eyes, black antennae, and red legs sits on a mountainmint flower with its red tongue protruding. It has bits of pollen stuck to the end.
June 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
ellaendowed.bsky.social
My pollinator garden is pollinating 😍
Aster flower A bee resting on mountainmint Catnip an rosemary
May 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
allforgardening.bsky.social
Milkweeds germinating!

https://www.allforgardening.com/1621249/milkweeds-germinating/

It’s getting down to 22 degrees in the next few days. Should I bring my milkweed, mountainmint, and coreopsis seeds that have germinated inside? Also any tips on what to do next once it’s time for planting? …
Milkweeds germinating! - All For Gardening
It’s getting down to 22 degrees in the next few days. Should I bring my milkweed, mountainmint, and coreopsis seeds that have germinated inside? Also any tips
www.allforgardening.com
February 22, 2026 at 6:16 PM
leylaamar.bsky.social
i'm just so excited! same, flowers and herbs mostly. my vision is one side of my 'yard' to be planters of mountainmint and the other side to be of holy basil!! also on my wishlist is a buttonbush tree, hyssop, and some st johns wort. the bees r gonna go crazy 😝
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 AM
peiferlabunc.bsky.social
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
Conoclinium coelestinum Blue Mistflower Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Southern Mountainmint
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
bishopwhitewind.bsky.social
What's in the little box?
It's another wave of lavender and chives.
I have one little cluster of lavender that made it. I'll just keep putting more of it out there as the heat fades the seedling survival rate should go up.
The mountainmint is establishing out there well.
August 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
peiferlabunc.bsky.social
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
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Southern Mountainmint closeup of flowers
August 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
blackrockforest.bsky.social
The native pollinator garden is in full swing! 🌻 We're seeing everything from 🐝 bees to butterflies on our latest blooms, including New England aster and Common boneset. There's still time to catch the Cardinal flower, Great blue lobelia, and more! #BlackRockForest #PollinatorGarden #NativeFlowers
White cabbage moth (Pieris rapae) on the thin-leaf sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus) Great spangled fritillary (Argynnis cybele) on Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) A sweat bee on New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) Full garden colors! (Front to back: cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, New England aster, thinleaf sunflower, hoary mountainmint, common boneset, wild bergamot)
August 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
anaturejournal.bsky.social
Morning walk in the garden: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly visiting the Mountain Mint & Goldenrod garden patch. #PapilioGlaucus #bugsky
A yellow Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly feeding off the nectar provided by mountain mint. Goldenrod is blooming yellow blooms in the distance. Wildlifegardening garden whatsblooming butterflies invertebrates mountainmint bloomscrolling
August 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
seanjamesdesigns.bsky.social
A couple more great pollinator plants: #MountainMint And #CulversRoot
August 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
posyco.bsky.social
The Mountain mint took off this year 🌱
future filler for dahlia bouquets

#mountainmint #flowerfeed #bloomscrolling #michiganflowers
Mountain mint plants
July 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
mickeygomez.bsky.social
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
Bumblebee enjoying the sweet, sweet pollen of some native plants, namely mountain mint Butterfly on a purple coneflower Bumblebee on a people coneflower
June 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
edgewood.bsky.social
Photo 1: Newly available plants. Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) Local ecotype, limited supply, Virginia Mountainmint (Pycnanthemum virginianum), ‘Blue Spruce’ Sedum, ‘Axminster Gold’ Comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum)
May 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM