Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint)

Virginia Mountain Mint is a top-tier pollinator plant, attracting a huge variety of insects like native bees (solitary, bumble), butterflies (skippers, hairstreaks), wasps, flies (hoverflies, tachinid flies), beetles, and moths due to its dense, nectar-rich, white-to-purple flowers that bloom for a long season from July to September. This is the most aggressive of the native mints that I grow, so use it to fill in a wet meadow or rain garden or to crowd out invasive plants but use with caution in a small yard! Its natural habitat is wet meadows, stream edges, and low-lying areas.