Hairy Woodmint is a native Missouri perennial that brings architectural elegance and reliable blooms to shaded garden corners where many herbs struggle. This clump-forming member of the mint family rises 12 to 30 inches tall, crowned with tiered spikes of blue-purple, two-lipped flowers that emerge in late spring and continue through midsummer. Hardy in zones 4 through 8, it thrives in average, medium-moisture soils in full sun to partial shade, asking for moderate care and rewarding you with months of subtle color that pollinators adore.
Partial Sun
Moderate
4-8
30in H x 18in W
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Moderate
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Blue-purple flowers arranged in distinctive whorled clusters subtended by fringed bracts create an intricate, layered appearance that draws the eye upward along the stem. Native to Missouri's rich, moist woodlands, this perennial carries the resilience of a plant evolved for real-world garden conditions rather than coddled cultivation. The square stems and mint family heritage hint at aromatic foliage, while the interrupted terminal spike arrangement sets it apart from typical garden herbals.
Hairy Woodmint serves primarily as an ornamental perennial, valued for its showy flowers in native plant and pollinator gardens where its blue-purple blooms attract bees and other beneficial insects throughout the growing season.
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“Blephilia hirsuta occurs naturally throughout Missouri in rich, moist, shady woods, slopes, and valleys, scattered across the state's counties. This native perennial represents the kind of plant that thrived in American gardens long before ornamental breeding became fashionable, valued by early gardeners for its modest beauty and reliable presence in woodland edges and dappled shade.”