The Perennial Plant Association is pleased to announce the 2025 Perennial Plant of the Year®, Pycnanthemum muticum.

Pycnanthemum muticum, voted the 2025 PPOY by PPA members, is known as clustered mountain mint, blunt mountain mint, or short-toothed mountain mint and is native to meadows and open woodlands across much of the eastern United States west to Texas. It is not a true mint (Mentha spp.) but belongs to the same family and has similarly scented leaves.

Pycnanthemum muticum is a must-have for pollinator gardens with heads of tiny white to light pink blooms attracting butterflies, wasps, and bees from July to September. Although the flowers are inconspicuous, they are surrounded by silver bracts with give the illusion of frost in summer and can persist for months.

Clustered mountain mint is a tough and adaptable perennial native with no serious disease issues and due to its aromatic foliage, it is unpalatable to deer and rabbits.

Height: 18-36″

Width: 24-36″

Needs: moist to normal well-drained soil. Full sun to partial shade.

Zone: 4

Plant with: Coreopsis tripteris, Rudbeckia hirta, Liatris spicata, Schizachyrium scoparium and Andropogon gerardii.