My neighbor has this in her front yard (landscaper planted, has no clue what it is) but the deer are leaving it alone and in my neck of the woods, that is gold! Does anyone know what this is? Thanks,
Annie
can anyone i.d. this for me?
A better look at the leaves.
BTW, I thought it was a monarda but the leaf is not like my Jacob Cline. Could it be another type?
Annie
It could be Wild Bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/172751/
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MOFI
Josephine.
Josephine, it does look like it but the wildflower.org said the following "Oswego-tea or wild bergamot, known by many other common names, is a popular and showy perennial. Clusters of lavender, pink or white flowers, looking like ragged pompoms, bloom atop 2-5 ft., open-branched stems. " It doesn't appear that it comes in red. So I guess it is some hybrid of a beebalm? Thanks for your help.
Annie
Annie Jo, your 'Jacob Cline' is a Monarda cultivar. The leaves can be lancelate to ovate. The stems should be square and have a scent. It may indeed be a different cultivar. Some of the hybrids are crosses of Monarda didyma and Monarda fistula so the leaves of the cutivars can have different leaf shapes.
This message was edited May 7, 2008 11:16 PM