What's Blooming in June?
All kinds of pretty flowers are blooming in my garden right now. Pictured are yellow yarrow, red velvet yarrow, spirea, lilies, multi-colored bee balm, echinacea, and pink lemondade honeysuckle.
The Colors of Bee Balm
Bee Balm is such an inpressive flower. It grows wild here in Ohio but you generally only see it in red. I was lucky enough to find some pink growing alongside the road so I dug up a little and brought it home. To my sheer delight, some of it ended up being purple!
- Bee Balm is a complexion booster and can help minimize redness
- American Indians used it as a seasoning
- The flowers can be eaten and make a lovely salad garnish
- Fresh and dried bee balm leaves can be used to make a medicinal tea
- Steam inhalation of the plant can be used for sore throats and bronchial inflammation
- Wild Bergamot was used also as an sweat inducer for ceremonial sweat lodges
Daisies & Beautyberry Bush Foliage
Pink Yarrow
Red Velvet Yarrow
Torch Coneflower
Lily
Pink Lemonade Honeysuckle
Strawberry Scented Geranium
Mr Lincoln Rose (one of my favorites)
What's About to Bloom?
Crocosmia Lucifer
Mint Explosion
Sunflowers that re-seeded from last year
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