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By Norman Winter
Stop the presses and throw all of your preconceived notions about the monarda or bee balm out the door. I swear, I have had marigolds taller than these new monardas. I have more flowers now on my monardas than I normally get from an entire season’s bloom. I am talking about the Leading Lady series.
First know that 2021 is the National Garden Bureau’s Year of the Monarda. Whether you are talking Monarda didyma, Monarda fistulosa or Monarda punctata, they are all U.S. natives. That means these new hybrids coming to us from Proven Winners are native DNA.
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Stop the presses and throw all of your preconceived notions about the monarda or bee balm out the door. I swear, I have had marigolds taller than these new monardas. I have more flowers now on my monardas than I normally get from an entire season’s bloom. I am talking about the Leading Lady series.
First know that 2021 is the National Garden Bureau’s Year of the Monarda. Whether you are talking Monarda didyma, Monarda fistulosa or Monarda punctata, they are all U.S. natives. That means these new hybrids coming to us from Proven Winners are native DNA.
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The Garden Guy is using Leading Lady Plum with Sunshine gold-leafed caryopteris and Rockin Golden Delicious salvia.
Here Leading Lady Orchid is showing out in partnership with Evergold Carex grass.
This close-up a Leading Lady Lilac blossom looks like nature’s version of a firework. Photos by Norman Winter
Leading lady headlines Year of the Monarda Sun, 05/09/2021 - 5:00am
Norman Winter
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Stop the presses, throw all of your preconceived notions about the monarda or bee balm out the door. I swear, I have had marigolds taller than these new monardas. I have more flowers now on my monardas than I normally get from an entire season’s bloom. I am talking about the Leading Lady series.
Throw all of your preconceived notions about the monarda or bee balm out the door. I have more flowers now on my monardas than I normally get from an entire season’s bloom. I am talking about the Leading Lady series.
First know that 2021 is the National Garden Bureau’s Year of the Monarda. Whether you are talking Monarda didyma, Monarda fistulosa or Monarda punctata, they are all U.S. natives. That means these new hybrids coming to us from Proven Winners are native DNA.
My past Monardas have been tall, I might say even a little gangly by mid-season, blooms here and there, yet I was still in love with them. Never in my wildest dreams did I conceive of Monarda that would be 14-inches tall with a 28-inch spread. Never did I think we would have a Monarda that you would use in front of the border in combinations.