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How did this happen??
« on: September 27, 2008, 07:11:51 PM »
I had some bee balm in a flower bed in the back yard and it became invaisive.  I transplanted some of it in a flower bed at the front of the house with less space to become less invaisive. Then I removed that in the back yard intirely. Well, in the back yard the flowers were the red ones in the first pic.  The ones I transpanted into the front bed are the second pic, which is an intirely different flower shape and color. Is there a way to get the flower to return to the red flower???

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Re: How did this happen??
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2008, 06:58:08 PM »
Wish I could help but I'm unfamiliar with growing bee balm
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Re: How did this happen??
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2008, 08:02:24 PM »
That's not bee balm, that is blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) I believe.
You may have divided the Monarda (bee balm) but Conoclinium coelestinum can reseed from the wild, or seeds blowing in from your neighbors.
It obviously overgrew and possibly choked out the bee balm.
You need to divided the bee balm again and plant it next to the blue mistflower. 8)
Or yank the blue mistflower and plant another division of bee balm its place.  8)
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Re: How did this happen??
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2008, 08:27:16 PM »
Ok, Joyce, I hear what you are saying, but I swear, I pulled up some of the same plant stalks that had been red and transpanted them in the front yard.  I could see if there were some blue and some red but it is all blue flowers. I am just totally stunned.   :-\  I am going to try and wait it out to next year and see what it all looks like then. If I still only have the blue I will have to get more of the bee balm as I have been successful in getting it out of the back yard, which was the plan.  Thanks for the infor tho. I can believe the plants that are blooming in the front are the blue mist flower.  A friend of mine that I gave some of the bee blam to is very ok with the blue flowers.  I am just not as happy with them.

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Re: How did this happen??
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2008, 04:05:04 PM »
Joyce is right, you've got two different plants. I'm sure you did divide and transplant the bee balm but it isn't what is blooming in the second picture.
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Re: How did this happen??
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2008, 07:10:59 PM »
THe second plant doesn't seem to have the same leaf as bee balm, and certainly not the flower either.  Of course I'm no help, cuz I don't know what it is, but I know it's not bee balm.... :D
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