The Weirdness Chronicles 2007 - Chapter 7
My first introduction to Rutgers Gardens was a course on dividing perennials in the spring of 2005. For some reason in that post, I failed to mention the monarda I brought home. It has been a foster child ever since, constantly moving from bed to bed, never staying more than one season anywhere. I just couldn’t decide where I wanted it. But it kept finding its way back to the Purple Garden where I finally allowed it to stay last year. It rewarded me by blooming this year. And now I know why it wanted to be here.
There’s just one problem. This is the original clump that it came from:
As far as I know, there is only scarlet bee balm at
posted by OldRoses @ 1:55 PM
5 Comments:
It's definitely happy there, huh? Looks like it might be a passalong plant to me! Have a great week!
I planted bee balm last year, and it has yet to bloom! Does it just take a while or what? I thought maybe last year was just so hot and dry here that maybe that's what caused it, but this year, nothing......any ideas?
Happy Gardening!! :)
Mine did the same thing! I had a really rich red colour and after transplanting, it bloomed a colour whiter than what you have there. Apparently we are not in control of this natural world....lol.
That actually looks like the color of the wild monarda around here. Could it have been a seedling of a hybrid gone back to it's natural form? Maybe it is a non-conformist insisting on being what it wants to be.
I was thinking the same thing. Looks like wild beebalm.
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