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Gardening

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Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 7, 2019, 02:06 PM

Aug 2019

My monarda finally got done blooming, but while they were blooming there were a ton of bees all over them. I am now also seein g a lot of tiger swallowtails.

Do you trim down your monarda in the spring so they stay more bushy and do not get as tall?

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I don't trim the monarda, though I probably should. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #5