Pink Hill Carolina Bogmint

Looking great in the garden now, is the rare, Southeast (NC, SC, GA) US native mint relative, Carolina bogmint. Macbridea caroliniana is a Federal Species of Concern (Global G2 rank), found most often in sphagnum bog edges, open forested bottomlands, and savannas. The first photo below is our newly named, dark pink-flowered clone ‘Pink Hill’, from a Zac Hill cutting collection from within an hour of JLBG. So far, this compact form, which we have scheduled for introduction in 2027, has matured for us at 1′ tall. The bottom image is the more typical form, which for us, matures at 20″ tall, with a much lighter pink flower. Although extremely rare in the wild, it is quite easy-to-grow in the garden if you have moist soils and at least half day sun.