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Restore Life to Your Landscape – How to Build Your Plant Palette

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The species you choose are more than just a list of pretty-looking plants, they are the foundation of your design’s success. Taking a little time to work through species selection to create a species palette ensures your landscape not only thrives in your site’s conditions, but also contributes to the broader ecological web, supporting biodiversity and ecological function.

Pycnanthemum muticum (Short-Tooth Mountain Mint)

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Short-Tooth Mountain Mint is a vigorous, interesting-looking native perennial. All parts of the plant smell strongly of camphor and peppermint, a feature that prevents deer and rabbits from eating the plants. Dusty-colored plants give way to white flowers backed by bracts that look as if they have been painted, the color reminiscent of the old-fashioned garden annual Dusty Miller.