Re: monardas

My 'Blue Stocking' is just now blooming - at about 2 feet.  I always had a 
large mass of Monarda because the deer never touched it and it gave me
so much summer color - until last year when the deer completely mowed
it down.  It has come back poorly this year - not much bloom so far.  I have
sprayed regularly with a rotation of three different sprays, and so far not 
as
much has been eaten, but the Monarda didn't come back very strong. It
was such a disappointment to have it eaten.  Sorry, Kitty, but I still feel 
I
am losing the battle.
Auralie
 
 
In a message dated 8/3/2009 9:00:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
zemuly@comcast.net writes:

Could it possibly be a very late bloomer.  I know my old fashioned lavender 
monarda quit blooming about a month ago, but the raspberry and the Jacob 
Kline are still going strong.  I've got two new petit pink ones I've yet to 
get planted.  We've had so much rain lately that cleomes and amaranth not 
seen in several years have come up and are blooming profusely.
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 2:54 PM
Subject: [CHAT] monardas


> This spring I planted a small division of my last year's Monarda 
> 'Raspberry Wine'.  Quite tall, it is broken but blooming.  I also 
> purchased and planted in the same general area at the same time Monarda 
> 'Blue Stocking'.  Its tag read 2-4 ft but is only about 15 inches but has 
> branched out a lot on its own and seems sturdy - but no sign of any 
> interest in blooming.  Since I used the same fertilizer and planted in 
the 
> same soil, why would this one not even have a bud by now?  Could it be 
> that the grower loaded it up with a high nitrogen fertilizer?  But 
> wouldn't that be gone by now?  I use natural fertilizer mixed in the soil 
> and some additional Osmocote 6 month 15-9-12.
> Any ideas?

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