Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, part 11., 1 by maggiemoo

maggiemoo wrote:
Hi everyone, lots of fun flower talk here! I have been meaning for some time to post a pic of something that popped up in one of my beds - thought I'd just let it go to see what it did, and it ended up being very pretty. Now I see that it is Monarda! I tried starting some from seed last year, no luck. Paige, I think I'm with you about seed-starting, just toss it on the ground and see what comes up. I know that most of what has seeded itself seems to look much better than those things I've tried to start inside first. The few exceptions: Hibiscus cannibinus and Hyacinth bean vine.

Here's the monarda pic from when I was trying to figure out what it was. This was May 12, when it was just starting to bloom.