The leaves of the plant are quite minty and can be brewed as a tea for medicinal and culinary uses. The tea was used to treat headaches, ...Read Morefevers, and even snakebites. This species also producers "frost flowers". Frost flowers are thin, layered eruptions of ice crystals which burst from the xylem of the plant stems in early fall.It has clusters of small purplish or white flowers that bloom from July to November. Usually found in dry rocky woods.
Grow in average, dry to medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers dry, sandy soils. Easily grown from seed.
The leaves of the plant are quite minty and can be brewed as a tea for medicinal and culinary uses. The tea was used to treat headaches, ...Read More