Naturally Speaking: Wild bergamot

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Naturally Speaking: Wild bergamot


Wild bergamot. (Photo by Jerry Davis)

A wild mint family plant with as many names -- bee balm, bergamot and Monarda -- must be special.

The wild variety blooms blue/purple/lilac, rarely white, while cultivars turn more, including a firecracker red.

 

 


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