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Aug 3, 2015 6:02 PM CST
Name: Kim
Iowa (Zone 5a)
I kill ornamentals... on purpose.
Enjoys or suffers cold winters Spiders! Critters Allowed Birds Houseplants I helped beta test the first seed swap
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If you have space... maybe try some Monarda, (Bee Balm) too. We have Monarda fistulosa, which is a pale purple, but it sure draws in the butterflies and bees. And Hummingbirds are supposed to like it, but I haven't seen any of them in awhile. It gets big which I had no idea when I planted them. I think I have at least four of them here and there. I had to move my Large-flowered Beardtongues and it looks like it is crowding out some Black-eyed Susans in the yard. If this was my prairie area, I would let it be. Even though I do not really succeed, I try to keep the yard somewhat less wild looking.

This spring when they first came up, I called them my Bee Balm Balls. But like many of my plants, a good rain or wind will make a portion of them go flop.
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Here is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on some Bee Balm.
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