Bee balm is a lovely cut flower. The leaves are aromatic, which adds interest to an indoor arrangement. Cut the main stem flower just as it begins to open up. The plant’s side shoots will continue to develop and bloom. The side shoots can be cut for indoor enjoyment, too. Its vase ...
Good options include coneflowers, hyssop, bee balm, catmint, and asters among others (get suggestions for butterfly garden plants). So if you have a sunny open spot, some shelter from wind, and fresh water (they like shallow puddles), then plant some butterfly flowers and sit down quietly...
Some great seeds to sow in the fall are bachelor buttons, bee balm, coneflower, and nasturtiums. Perennials - Perennials are the steadfast friends of the garden, returning year after year. Planting them in the fall allows their roots to be established before winter, ensuring a robust start ...
Seed: Sow thyme seeds indoors at 70°F. Seeds will germinate in about a week. Division: Divide roots of older, established plants from mid-spring to early summer. Cuttings: Cuttings are easy to root; use tip growth cuttings. Dip the ends of 4 to 6-inch cuttings in liquid rooting hormon...
Bee balm Catmint Hostas Salvias Trees: Pagoda dogwood Shadblow serviceberry Showy mountain ash Zone 5a (-20°F to -15°F) Cities such as Skowhegan and Farmington are situated in Zone 5a. While still cold, this zone has slightly milder winters compared to Zone 4b. ...
Remove spent flowers (deadhead) to prevent plants from using their energy on seed production and to stimulate reblooming. Coreopsis,phlox,veronica, anddelphiniumare rebloomers. Put plant supports in place early in the season, before plants get too big, so as not to disturb their roots. Put su...
bee balm, sedum, peony and honeysuckle. If you have the space, planting any type of fruit tree is perfect and trees such as maple, willow, black locust and sumac are also good food sources for bees. Planting Snowdrops or Siberian Squill in your yard is another simple way for a suburba...
planted a few weeks after the zinnias. I look forward to these towering bee and goldfinch magnets, in every color from pale yellow to deep red, and the brilliant orange flowers of the tithonia too. And, just the other day I threw out some seed of tall yellow cosmos, another butterfly ...
Vegetable garden companion plants for tomatoes include carrots, basil, chives, onion, parsley, asparagus, marigold, nasturtium, sage, bee balm, chives, mint and borage. Basil, asparagus and tomato planted in the same bed have a very beneficial effect on all three plants. The basil repels the ...
and radishes also work as good lettuce companion plants. And, finally, you may also want to plant a trellis of pole beans nearby as a wall of beans can provide shade as the weather grows warmer. Keeping lettuce plants cooler and well-watered can keep them from going to seed and becoming...