Total # of catalogs - 3
Total cost estimate - $50.00
moosey
head gardener
14 Jan '09 6:59 am Fabulous choices! Is the 'wild bergamot' red flowering? Cheers, M
tea root
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15 Jan '09 2:43 pm Thanks. The Wild Bergamont is lavender to purplish-pink. That's what my field guide says anyway. I've never grown this plant before.
billabong gwen
valued member
coastal southern washington
pink bergamot
5 Apr '09 2:40 am If it starts to smell like something wonderfully familiar..... it is because it is the flower used in Earl Grey Tea. The flowers are smaller than the red variety. It is incredibly attractive to bees. I have never started it from seed. This year I am starting the red variety from seed.
moosey
head gardener
6 Apr '09 5:29 pm My red Bergamot, bought from a perennial sale, has made some little seedlings. Ooo - hope they're red, too.
MacFlax
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Canberra, Australia
Re: pink bergamot
7 Apr '09 8:55 pm
billabong gwen wrote:
If it starts to smell like something wonderfully familiar..... it is because it is the flower used in Earl Grey Tea. The flowers are smaller than the red variety. It is incredibly attractive to bees. I have never started it from seed. This year I am starting the red variety from seed.
Yes, Earl Grey tea. Funny, I knew of it but never wondered what it looks like and it never occurred to me people grow it in their gardens. Now I'm curious.
The Wild Bergamont is lavender to purplish-pink. That's what my field guide says anyway. I've never grown this plant before.