Georgia native Archives - Juniper Level Botanic Garden

Pine Mountain Shrub Mint

One of the most exciting rock garden plants we’ve met in the last several years is the Pine Mountain shrub mint. This recently discovered, but still un-named new species, hails from Pine Mountain, Georgia. In lieu of a formal name, we’re going with Clinopodium sp. nov. ‘Pine Mountain Pink’ for the clone we grow. Once

The Missing Shrub Mint

Looking great recently is a new, still undescribed dryland, shrub mint from south-central Georgia. This amazing dwarf Clinopodium sp. nov. Upson County, matures at only 6″ tall x 18″ wide with a stunning show of pink flowers for us, in early June. We’ve long treasured the shrubby wood mints, but this is truly exceptional. Hopefully,

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