Making the earth laugh

"the earth laughs in flowers" -e.e.cummings This blog is a journey into that laughter. From my childhood when my job was weeding the dreaded vegetable garden (which I despised with every fiber of my being) to my very early adulthood when I planted my first impatiens (which promptly died) to now - a gardening lover and business owner; gardens have made me feel something. This is my tribute to the hard work, the boring work, the failures and the immeasurable joys of gardening. Yes, I continue to garden...and laugh.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Bee Balm Blues


I want to interrupt my mini-series on container gardens to throw out a few words about one of the most striking flowers in the garden -Bee Balm. As I've been working in the garden the past few weeks, I have been loving my bee balm.








BUT if you're not on top of it, your bee balm will bloom once and die. Once your flowers start to lose their petals and die, cut them back and they will continue to bloom all summer.  Look carefully along the stem, and you will see new growth - cut right above that and it will encourage new flowers.  Enjoy!
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  1. AnonymousJuly 12, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    I didn't know that...about bee balm, thanks

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