eimilesmom Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Blooming at a house at TL, I like them. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheobe Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Monarda also known as Bee Balm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimilesmom Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 Thanks! I just Googled it and found "very aromatic, distasteful to deer". In other words, they stink. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheobe Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I like the smell of it. I have four different colors. You can use the dried leaves to make tea - oswego tea. It can be used in cooking - it kinda tastes like oregano. Hummingbird moths and Bumble Bee moths love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 And it comes back every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 It's what is in Earl Grey tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimilesmom Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 I found a website with the longest list of supposed "deer resistant" plants that I've seen: http://www.deerxlandscape.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?p_catid=57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 The dried heads also smell good in pot pourrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelnut Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I have a red one and hubby just told me today to try and pick up a couple more. He actually likes them, I'm shocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheobe Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 This is what my purple monarda looks like with the moths that love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Aren't those hummingbird moths the cutest? Steelnut, did you get the bright magenta bee balm that we had at the Farmer's Market? I know we sold one. I was going to snag the other one but we ran into a woman who always makes nice contributions to the club on the way home and gave it to her. It was close to the shade of the one Pheobe has in the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheobe Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 The one in my picture is actually closer to blue - it's the Blue Stocking variety. I agree about the Hummingbird Moth being the cutest - though, the Bumble Bee Moth (also known as the Snowberry Clearwing) places a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelnut Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Aren't those hummingbird moths the cutest? Steelnut, did you get the bright magenta bee balm that we had at the Farmer's Market? I know we sold one. I was going to snag the other one but we ran into a woman who always makes nice contributions to the club on the way home and gave it to her. It was close to the shade of the one Pheobe has in the pictures. No, I must have missed the bee balm, darn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Awesome pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eimilesmom Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 Those are great pictures, I miss my hummingbird moths...my huge butterfly bush died and they all left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyMommy Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 It's what is in Earl Grey tea. I think you mean Bergamot. That's what is in Earl Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 The one in my picture is actually closer to blue - it's the Blue Stocking variety. I agree about the Hummingbird Moth being the cutest - though, the Bumble Bee Moth (also known as the Snowberry Clearwing) places a close second. Oh my, those Bumble Bee Moths are adorable. I've got to plant a Snowberry. I actually had what looked like an enormous bumble bee in my greenhouse in the spring. I got a picture but never looked very closely at it. (No time!) I wonder if it was a moth and not a bee. Must find the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 I think you mean Bergamot. That's what is in Earl Grey. Right, Bergamot or Oswego tea (too many pesky names) is the dried leaves of Monarda didyma. I think someone already mentioned here that it makes great tea. It's what the colonists used as tea after they pitched all of the tea supply in Boston Harbor. Now the British drink it. What goes around comes around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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