Full sun to part shade; average to dry well drained soil; an attractive and pleasantly aromatic mint that structurally resembles the bergamots except the dense flowerheads have small white-pink spotted flowers and a frosty white bloom that covers all the leaves and stems around and just below the heads; honeybees and the bumblebees love this plant; grow in the garden or naturalize in meadows where it makes a good companion with wild bergamot; plants 1.5’-3’ tall; blooms July-Sept; zones 4-8; WV. VA. ecotypes.