Great ideas. It is so helpful to see you choose the correct spot. (I admit to sometimes getting a plant then wandering around wondering where I will put it. haha! but not so often anymore thankfully.) This thinking it thru process helps all of us remember how to site our plants. Gardeners may plant for today, but we grow for the future.
Bee balm is such a wonderful plant! Makes a decent substitute for Oregano in cooking and medicinal use too! I find this quite handy, since Bee Balm grows very well where I live, whereas Oregano is a challenge to keep going.
I have been growing the purple color a few years now and just added the red. I love the smell and the insect activity on the flower. I am considering adding the spotted bee balm since the flower structure is so unique. Great suggestion!
Bee balm was a priority in starting my first ever garden this year. I’m growing our native Indiana one plus several others. Besides pollinators and beauty and scent, I love monarda for its edible petals and the leaves for tea.
Maybe not an aromatic choice, but one of my favorite "tall" perennials are the Maximilian's sunflowers. They're super rugged, and size up rather aggressively. You might have to watch how fast they grow if they have too rich of growing conditions. They're fairly late to bloom in the year, but...when they go... WOW! I've tried out Jacob Cline and Fireball varieties so far without too much luck. I think I definitely need some afternoon shade here, and probably have to watch the soil drainage. I'm not quite sure where I go wrong with Monarda, as I have no issues with most things in the mint family (agastache, catnip, catmint, calamint, mint... all grow extremely well). I do need some more fire-red plants in the garden, I'm sure I'll give it another go at some point 😁
I hope your Monarda does well out there. It's such a wonderful plant. I grew Jacob Klein that grew to 6' tall one year when the weather was best for it. I never saw mildew on it. Some varieties ate supposed to not be as prone to it and Jacob Klein is one.
Great video! I just bought a Nikita's Gift persimmon as well as a Jiro persimmon and have been thinking of stuff to plant around them like borage, comfrey and alyssum, maybe now bee balm~do you have any other suggestions for plants that could aid the persimmon treee?
I've been growing Mountain Mint the last 2 years - it seems popular. It's native and it's getting pretty tall right now! I would not say it is colorful...
Great ideas. It is so helpful to see you choose the correct spot. (I admit to sometimes getting a plant then wandering around wondering where I will put it. haha! but not so often anymore thankfully.) This thinking it thru process helps all of us remember how to site our plants. Gardeners may plant for today, but we grow for the future.
You didn't talk about the intoxicating smell, merely aluding to it in passing.
I love Bee Balm and love seeing the bumblebees all over it.
I have volunteer potatoes, too! No clue which container I dumped there, so could be any one of three varieties! Gardening is an adventure.
Bee balm is such a wonderful plant! Makes a decent substitute for Oregano in cooking and medicinal use too! I find this quite handy, since Bee Balm grows very well where I live, whereas Oregano is a challenge to keep going.
And it’s lovely for tea!
Your channel is awesome and very informative. Thank you
I have been growing the purple color a few years now and just added the red. I love the smell and the insect activity on the flower. I am considering adding the spotted bee balm since the flower structure is so unique. Great suggestion!
How do I plant it?
Bee balm was a priority in starting my first ever garden this year. I’m growing our native Indiana one plus several others. Besides pollinators and beauty and scent, I love monarda for its edible petals and the leaves for tea.
Love bee balm!
Maybe not an aromatic choice, but one of my favorite "tall" perennials are the Maximilian's sunflowers. They're super rugged, and size up rather aggressively. You might have to watch how fast they grow if they have too rich of growing conditions. They're fairly late to bloom in the year, but...when they go... WOW!
I've tried out Jacob Cline and Fireball varieties so far without too much luck. I think I definitely need some afternoon shade here, and probably have to watch the soil drainage. I'm not quite sure where I go wrong with Monarda, as I have no issues with most things in the mint family (agastache, catnip, catmint, calamint, mint... all grow extremely well). I do need some more fire-red plants in the garden, I'm sure I'll give it another go at some point 😁
I hope your Monarda does well out there. It's such a wonderful plant. I grew Jacob Klein that grew to 6' tall one year when the weather was best for it. I never saw mildew on it. Some varieties ate supposed to not be as prone to it and Jacob Klein is one.
Maybe sometime I can afford to put out pots in the front yard. I'm afraid to put anything that spreads much into the ground.
Great video! I just bought a Nikita's Gift persimmon as well as a Jiro persimmon and have been thinking of stuff to plant around them like borage, comfrey and alyssum, maybe now bee balm~do you have any other suggestions for plants that could aid the persimmon treee?
Wonderful tutorial on a plant I have been wanting to grow for years!!
But you seem to have been invaded by a gang of Hispanic bots.
I've been growing Mountain Mint the last 2 years - it seems popular. It's native and it's getting pretty tall right now! I would not say it is colorful...
I love mountain mint!