Bee Balm

LaurieLovesLearning
LaurieLovesLearning Posts: 7,218 admin
edited August 2022 in Wild Edibles & Medicinals

The beautiful monarda. I can't wait to use the petals & leaves that I was privileged to harvest this year!

https://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/bee-balm.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=benefits+of+bee+balm

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  • vickeym
    vickeym Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2022

    @LaurieLovesLearning Glad you were able to get some petals and leaves to use this year. I planted some this year, but our weather was so crazy they barely got a couple inches tall and have shown no sign of flowers yet.

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  • Michelle D
    Michelle D Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rosalee de la Foret also just did a podcadt on bee balm. It showed up in my email today.

    https://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/podcast54.html

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  • SuperC
    SuperC Posts: 900 ✭✭✭✭

    Does the color of the BeeBalm flowers matter Red vs Purple for harvesting?

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  • LaurieLovesLearning
    LaurieLovesLearning Posts: 7,218 admin
    edited August 2022

    @SuperC I don't know. For some herbs/flowers, I know the color is irrelevant, yet just the same, some say it is. @torey Do you know?

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  • Torey
    Torey Posts: 5,407 admin

    I have heard varying opinions on this. Some say that yarrow has to be the wild, white variety but now some are saying that the domestic colours are just as useful. I still use the white but if coloured was all I had, I'd use it.

    I would think that both the red and purple monarda can be used interchangeably as they are used for similar purposes in their different habitats.

    We use what we have at hand. :)

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