Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native plants @ Wildflowers. Part 3., 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
On my way back to the house, I ran over some Spotted Beebalm, Monarda punctata. By that time the wind was so bad, it was impossible to photograph these out in the field. I put them in a vase to photograph. I think the bracts on these start out cream colored then turn purple. I placed the two phases side by side so you could see the difference. I like the odor of the leaves better. It has a cleaner lemony odor as well as taste.