Our summer rainy season continues to produce some truly gorgeous Beautiful Blooms and our readers seem eager to share. This week’s highlighted Beautiful Blooms include a spotted bee balm or horsemint, ...

Growth habit: An upright to sprawling evergreen perennial growing to 3-feet tall. The leaves are medium green, lancelike and aromatic, growing to 2-inches long and 1/2-inch wide Light: Plant in ...

On a recent trip to the Outer Banks, I was delighted to spot one of my favorite North Carolina native perennials growing wild on the sandy shoreline of Pamlico Sound. Spotted Horsemint (Monarda ...

Such a wonderful Mystery Plant this week: a real treat for the eyes, as well as the nose. It’s a native member of the mint family, starting to bloom about now, in the late summer. It is somewhat woody ...