Bee Balm By Any Other Name
July 9, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Naturalizing, Perennials
One of the most versatile plants in my garden is Bee Balm, or Monarda, or otherwise known as Wild Bergamot, or Oswego Tea. It is one of my favorite herbs and flowers. When they’re it’s in full bloom Bee Balm looks like a person having a bad hair day.
I think they’re blooms are one of the most interesting in my summer garden. The hummingbirds love Monarda too.
Bee Balm is a wonderful plant for naturalizing, in fact it tends to spread, so it’s great for meadows and open fields. The spreading is not hard to control with a …read more
Plant Your Own Herbal Teas
February 24, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Herbs
If you’d like to pick your own fresh herbal teas out of your garden this summer, now is the perfect time to start planning. Here are a few plants you should add to your garden plan if you’d like to grow your own tea. Some of them would work great in container gardens, others would grow better right in the garden.
I’ll profile each of these herbs in a little more detail over the next few days, but for now here are some of my favorite herbs for herbal teas.
Spearmint
Peppermint
Lemon Balm
Chamomile
Chocolate Mint (my favorite)
Here are some herbs you should …read more
