Mountain Mint on the NY High Line.
Another plant I fell in love with this year is Mountain Mint or Pycanthemum muticum. Yes because it is a native. Yes because it has great foliage. Yes because it is fragrant. But mostly because my planting idol, Piet Oudolf, used it on the High Line. And it looked fantastic. And I saw it in a lot of cool gardens that I admire. So it's also showing up in my designs for 2010 .but I also need to find a spot for it in my yard. What will have to go? I have the whole winter to think about which plant is not worthy anymore. Do you have a few of those?
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I love this mint. I call it Canadian Mint … good to know it is call Mountain Mint. It has a wonderful fragrance and the foliage is just beautiful! It is also a good cut flower.
I wonder why it is called Canadian Mint? Perhaps it can sustain a Zone 5?
I love all the High Line pictures. Early this summer I spent a week in Manhattan visiting a friend right after the first section opened and I ended up going there ecery afternoon and took over a hundred pictures of all the cool plant combinations
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