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Post by Free-Loader on Apr 20, 2006 9:44:59 GMT -5
  Who knows this old prairie plant. |
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Post by Free-Loader on Apr 22, 2006 11:27:10 GMT -5
OK maybe this one was too hard. Problem is most of my other plants haven't matured yet. I'll work on it next week cause I have two plants that are getting up in size.
This one is Monarda fistulosa, Wild Bergamot .
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Post by raporter1 on Apr 22, 2006 23:33:09 GMT -5
Very pretty plant. Don't think I have ever seen this one. Thanks for the photos.
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Post by danf on Apr 23, 2006 7:44:34 GMT -5
If it's a monarda, then it's in the Lamiaceae family, right? Does it take over like other mints do?
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Post by Free-Loader on Apr 24, 2006 20:32:10 GMT -5
Wild Bergamot is a member of the mint family but never heard of it being invasive. You can split it every year and plant the new growths off the rhizomes which may give some naturalists the idea that it is invasive. I used to work with a guy that made tea out of it. Of course he has sampled most wild plants and seeds in NW Indiana he comes into contact with and yes he is very strange and unusual but does know his plants.
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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 24, 2006 21:39:50 GMT -5
My dad would love talking to you, Fasteddie. I was on many a trip in the woods with him, spotting Indian turnip, Bloodroot, Skunk Cabbage, Dutchman's Breeches, etc.
Although more interested than most youths, I still did not pay enough attention.
Thanks for sharing your pics.
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Post by danf on Apr 25, 2006 5:49:02 GMT -5
Eddie- do you work for one of the wildflower/native plant seed companies in Northern Indiana? I know of two, Spence Restoration and JF New....
I wouldn't consider many mints to be invasive, per se, but they do have a habit of taking over a landscape bed. Bee balm is bad about that, it's genus is Monarda as well. That's why I asked...
Even though I couldn't have told you what the flower was at the beginning of this thread, if you had a close-up picture of the stem I probably could have told you it was in the mint family!
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Post by Free-Loader on Apr 25, 2006 8:38:29 GMT -5
danf I sent you a PM on your questions. Yes the stems on those mint plants are a dead giveaway. I have a few more I want to post but need to wait until they bloom.
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Post by kevin1 on Apr 25, 2006 11:55:45 GMT -5
Can you get seed or starts for them ? That's a real pretty plant .
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Post by Free-Loader on Apr 25, 2006 12:12:28 GMT -5
Its in many wildflower packets. You can also order it seperately. Last I heard most of the single species go for $20 a ounce at Jfnew and $10 bucks at Spence. $20 is on the high side but you need to make sure the PLS (Pure live seed) % is high. For instance my sunflower was tested at 90% PLS which means out of the batch of seed, 90% of it germinated. I paid $35 for 10 pounds of the stuff but I know I will have a good crop. If you buy cheap stuff the germination rate is much less.
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Post by danf on Apr 25, 2006 15:15:32 GMT -5
For those that don't know, plants in the mint (Lamiaceae) family have square stems. Feel a stem on a mint plant and you will see what I'm talking about. The edges are very squared and are not rounded like most other stems. This is what I was referring to when I mentioned a picture of the stem.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Apr 27, 2006 12:49:44 GMT -5
Its in many wildflower packets. You can also order it seperately. Last I heard most of the single species go for $20 a ounce at Jfnew and $10 bucks at Spence. $20 is on the high side but you need to make sure the PLS (Pure live seed) % is high. For instance my sunflower was tested at 90% PLS which means out of the batch of seed, 90% of it germinated. I paid $35 for 10 pounds of the stuff but I know I will have a good crop. If you buy cheap stuff the germination rate is much less. I used to work for JF New. Whenever we planted sunflowers for wildlife plots we went to the nearest store with "mart" in the name and bought bags of the bird food sunflower seed and drilled it. |
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Post by Free-Loader on Apr 28, 2006 1:21:49 GMT -5
Yea I worked there too. I don't think they do things that way anymore. I hunted over Jimmys dove field a few years ago and had good success. Go take a look at that nursery today. Much different now than years past. I'm still good friends with the manager out there.
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Post by raporter1 on Apr 30, 2006 9:23:25 GMT -5
Can you get seed or starts for them ? That's a real pretty plant . Kevin, There is a wildflower nursery south of Milltown that has just about anything you could want. |
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Post by kevin1 on May 3, 2006 7:46:27 GMT -5
Do you have their name Bob ? There are several nurseries south of Milltown , but I wasn't aware that any sold native plants .
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Post by gunner on May 11, 2006 11:50:29 GMT -5
The Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society has their annual sale this Saturday at the IN School for the Blind on Indianapolis north side. Here's their website... inpaws.org/ |
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Post by raporter1 on May 13, 2006 15:31:47 GMT -5
Do you have their name Bob ? There are several nurseries south of Milltown , but I wasn't aware that any sold native plants . Kevin it actually has a Depauw address. www.munchkinnursery.com |
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Post by kevin1 on May 16, 2006 4:58:46 GMT -5
Thanks Bob , I'll check it out .  |
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