29-07-2003, 09:12 PM
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No bees visit Monarda 'Jacob Cline'
From: (paghat)
Date: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 3:08 PM
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(Tyra Trevellyn) wrote:
Does anyone here grow Monarda 'Jacob Cline'? This is the only variety
I've
ever experienced that attracts absolutely NO bees or butterflies....never
in
the three years I've grown it. (It does, however, attract Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds.) This is a beautiful plant, very PM resistant, with huge
deep
red flowers and a long bloom season. I'm really curious about the lack
of
insect pollinators (except some moth, it seems, that lays eggs so its
larvae
can mutilate the blooms....), since bee balm is normally a major attractant.
And yes, I've got lots of bees of many species.
Best,
Tyra
nNJ usa z7
How odd. I have a patch of Jacob Kline and there are usually bees on the
big red flowers, but the same general strip of sun-garden also has a
purple beebalm, plus penstemons, globe thistles, campanulas, climbing
honeysuckles, &c., so it's not like Jacob Kline has to do it all alone,
so
I don't know what would happen otherwise.
-paghat the ratgirl
Thanks for the info, 'cause I thought perhaps it was the variety itself
(although I've been reading everything I can about it and nothing indicates a
reason for bee-lessness). Nope, the plants are surrounded by bee-heavy
Veronica, Shasta daisies, Rudbeckias, etc. Since this huge clump began for me
as one four-inch pot, perhaps there was something about the original plant, if
something like that is possible.
Best,
Tyra
nNJ usa z7
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