Blephilia ciliata Englerarum are topped with light lavender

are topped with light lavender flowers in early summer

Osmunda spectabilis

Deer usually avoid Amsonia

we thought we'd better get the hell out of there

Blephilia ciliata Englerarum are topped with light lavenderBlephilia ciliata is a little known clumping mint cousin, native from Vermont south to Georgia and west to Texas, where it occurs in open woods and meadows. In form, Blephilia ciliata is a woodland version of bee balm without the pesky spreading tendency. Downy wood mint forms a 1. 5' tall x 1. 5' wide clump of upright hairy stems, topped, starting for us in mid May with whorls of lavender flowers. Like its cousin, bee balm, Blephilia ciliata is a