In article , Charlie wrote:

On Thu, 31 May 2007 20:16:47 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior
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Charlie wrote in :

On Thu, 31 May 2007 18:50:43 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior
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Bill Rose wrote in
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In article ,
Jan Flora wrote:

In article
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Bill Rose wrote:

Last year everything was late. It was my first year growing mostly
from seed and the rain kept me out of the garden until May. I
thought that these herbs had died but they came back this year. I
don't recognize them so I don't think they are weeds. I posted
them
in alt.binaries.pictures.gardens. I had to do the last of the 3
posts over. It didn't up-load.

I'd appreciate any help and I apologize for the quality of the
snaps. It was a rush job as usual. If they don't get identified,
I'll do better next time.

- Bill


3a looks like a mint on the left and maybe lavender or
tarragon on the right.

Brush your fingers on the leaves and see what those
plants smell like.

Mints normally (always?) have square stems.

Jan

Yeah, your right Jan, it does look like a mint (square stem and all)
but it doesn't have a mint smell and it's not "self-heal".

Did you plant bee-balm? It has a sq. stem IIRC and it won't have a
mint
smell.

You are right, stem is square, I just went outside and looked. But the
leaves have a light scent reminiscent of catnip? The leaf stems are
opposite each other.

Charlie


Opposite leaves are a trait of the mint family as is the square stem, as
far as I can recall without actually going out and checking out the
garden. Did you plant catnip? Or maybe cat mint? I can't see the pics
so I'm just guessing, of course.

No, it was bee balm, at least that was what the labeling said it was.
I have gotten mislabeled pots before. It is not flowering yet, I
planted it late last year (one of those really late sales at garden
center) and it didn't bloom last summer.

I'll go take a pic and put it up on abp.gardens.

Done.

Crap.....I was/ am in a hurry. The photos are friggin' huge, I forgot
to reset the camera or resize the jpg. the first time. The second post
is a little smaller, but still kinda large. Two shots per message.





Charlie
Thing is the base of my stalks are pink and if you look closely you will
see five or six pink leaves. No obvious mint smell or taste to the
leaves.
- Bill
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