Re: Monarda
- Subject: Re: Monarda
- From: G* B*
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:52:12 -0600
Hello Claire,
Monarda are darlings of my partner's raised beds... she is the sun
gardener around here. She has been reading up on the various new monarda, so
do not know what exact ones she has focused on at this point. Now that we
are expanding the hill side shade garden, perhaps I will give some a try now
that I am gaining enough space to plant some large growing perennials. To be
honest, they are not something that catches and hold my attention for long.
Either in bloom or the fragrance. Loved by the butterflies, so that gets
them a foothold.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Southern Indiana Zone 6
----- Original Message -----
From: <ECPep@aol.com>
Subject: Monarda
> Gene,
>
> Paul does say that his recommended plants are hybrids of the old red
monarda
> that ends up as bare stalks every summer. I always wondered why this
plant,
> M. didyma, was so popular and so recommended in books printed before the
> mildew resistant hybrids were available. They seem OK if grown at water's
> edge or in a swamp. Still, the native plants, other species, around here
> mildew into bare stalks also.
>
> I saw a large group of many colors grown together in the Montreal
Botanic's
> perennial garden one summer. A neat trick with Monardas. After that I
went
> looking for mildew resistant plants and have found they are quite
reliable.
> BTW, Montreal's garden is a late summer peak garden. It is, or was, an
> example of perennial borders that can be quite beautiful in August.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4 where we are finally getting cold again, it has been like spring
here
> for a while.
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