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bee balm
noun
The aromatic plant Monarda didyma or bergamot, native to North America.
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White bee balm (M. clinopodia) sounds intriguing to me.
The mint family includes showy spring and summer bloomers like bee balm, skullcap and salvia.
Flowers by turn rise and fall all summer — foxglove, sweet alyssum, bee balm.
Powdery mildew has already struck my bee balm, so my next question concerned control measures.
Certain plants, like phlox, verbena, bee balm and lilacs, are more prone to mildew than others.
Then we scattered seeds around, bee balm and coneflower and sunflower and bachelor's buttons and sweet pea.
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But according to field trials, if conditions are right, few bee balms are immune.
My second was to start investigating the merits of bee balms and other members of the Monarda genus.
I like my plants for their fine, wispy foliage, which contrasts handsomely with the thicker leaves on nearby butterfly weeds and bee balms (Monarda species).
Other members of the family Lamiaceae are also known as mints: the bergamots, or bee balms (genus Monarda), are sometimes called horsemint; members of the genus Pycnanthemum are called mountain mints; catnip (Nepeta cataria) is also known as catmint; dittany (Cunila origanoides) is called stonemint; and plants of the Australian genus Prostanthera are called mint bushes.
The famous Burt's Bees lip balm was born in 1991, and that item, a combination of beeswax and sweet almond oil, helped the company find a niche in personal care products.
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