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Uploaded: 06/27/21 9:09 PM GMT
Monarda
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What is monarda you ask -that's the scientific name for Bee Balm - this plant is in the mint family and is quite versatile - it has many uses from tea to a wide variety of medicinal properties - It's a wonderful plant to have in the garden - it attracts pollinators, insects, and hummingbirds - This particular plant measured 4 feet tall - Kindly Enjoy!!!!!!

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::trixxie17
06/27/21 9:21 PM GMT
These are the biggest monarda I've seen Laura! I like the upward angle.
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::tigger3
06/28/21 12:10 AM GMT
Yes I have never seen any this big, what a good find, and post. tigs=^..^=
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::biffobear
06/28/21 6:42 AM GMT
Nice angle to this..R.
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::corngrowth
06/28/21 7:40 AM GMT
Laura, Monarda plants/flowers are pretty unknown to me, so I've searched for further information, and have found THIS.
Good chosen vantage point, resulting in a photograph that expresses the size of the plant clearly.
Well done again!
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.Salishutter
06/28/21 2:42 PM GMT
Exotic looking blossoms, the three colour rendering is dramatic.
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::Nikoneer
07/12/21 10:00 PM GMT
Monarda didyma, known by a number of different common names including bee balm, Oswego tea and bergamot, is native to eastern North America where it typically occurs in bottomlands, thickets, moist woods and along streambanks from Maine to Minnesota south to Missouri and Georgia.

That tells me that I could plant this beauty along the north edge of our garden, up here in North Dakota, with some degree of success. When we first put the garden in I tilled in 48 bags of garden soil, three pickup loads of black topsoil, and built a 44 cu. ft. compost box that get spread over and tilled in each year. So the soil is rich enough, and I can see my resourceful wife and son making full use of it.

Thanks for sharing this lovely capture, Lisa, and the information about it. So into my faves and I�m keeping a copy to show my wife for next year�s garden. Besides, I love hummingbirds.

-nik
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