For gazelle: Our double-decker bee balm flower below. Interesting how the first photo (above), taken in soft early morning light, shows the true color of our bee balm. This second photo (below), taken in harsh mid-day light, shows a much redder flower.
And how cool is this? The photo below is of gazelle’s double-decker bee balm. Thank you, gazelle! I can’t wait to look through the rest of your pictures. And look at her beautiful clematis in the background! The red and the purple are stunning together, aren’t they?
Morning Bray Farm 
July 3, 2010 at 4:04 am
What a color!
I’m still waiting for mine to bloom. I planted them a tad too close to the spirea and the two are elbowing each other for growing space, but when the flowers come they’ll be lush and gorgeous together.
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July 3, 2010 at 5:52 am
I could be looking at my own garden in this photo. Mine are blooming now, too.
The humming birds LOVE Bee Balm. No wonder they built a nest on your porch swing!
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July 3, 2010 at 6:35 am
Such an unexpected pop of color! Love this.
Di
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July 3, 2010 at 7:49 am
Bee Balm? Wow. Beautiful =)
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July 3, 2010 at 9:26 pm
woofwhinnywhisper,
Bee balm is definitely one of my many favorites…
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July 3, 2010 at 8:06 am
Wow! Gorgeous.
Aren’t they cool to look at?
From a distance they are a puff of color, but up close you see so many interesting details…..
Love that the color is repeated in those … sepals? … below the flower………
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July 3, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Vicki,
Couldn’t agree with you more. 🙂
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July 3, 2010 at 9:07 am
It’s so beautiful and sorry I missed it now that I am back home… miss you all!
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July 3, 2010 at 9:15 am
Ooooh, very pretty!
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July 3, 2010 at 11:03 am
Incredible! I wonder if the deer would eat them? We can only plant the deer proof flowers here – salvias and sages
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July 3, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Winter,
Bee balm is “deer resistant,” so plant away! Deer resistance is a relative term and will vary with the number of deer in an area, other food available, and time of year… but I didn’t have a problem with deer eating my bee balm in Maryland, and there were lotsa deer. 🙂
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July 3, 2010 at 11:49 am
Beautiful!
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July 3, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Great Shot ! I have Bee Balm too except mine are more Red than Purple. Do you ever get a double-decker one ? I get a few every year where the stem continues on up another inch or so right through the middle of the bloom and another bloom develops right on top, and both are flowering at the same time … very interesting effect.
We also have wild Bee Balm (aka Bergamot) here in Ontario (Canada). That one is a pale Mauve. All smell nice and minty. I’m told Earl Grey Tea gets its unique flavour from Bergamot. Can you tell flowers, especially wildflowers, fascinate me ? 🙂
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July 3, 2010 at 9:23 pm
gazelle,
I love, love, love RED bee balm, but haven’t found it yet here in Albuquerque. I so prefer red bee balm to purple. Funny you should ask about double-deckers… I went out and looked and yes, we have a double-decker ready to bloom any moment now. You and I have something in common with flowers and wildflowers. 🙂
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July 3, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Yeahhhh…..whatever happened with that hummingbird nest? Did you see babies?
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July 3, 2010 at 9:25 pm
June,
No babies… we’ve had hummingbirds sitting in that particular nest on and off over the last several weeks, but no long-term residents. I’m not quite sure what to make of it… seems almost as if it’s a hummingbird rest stop. 🙂
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July 3, 2010 at 10:19 pm
I have never seen that flower before. It’s beautiful. I wonder if it grows here.
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July 10, 2010 at 6:15 pm
These pictures are beautiful.
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May 27, 2015 at 8:41 pm
where do i find these unusual beebalm to purchase
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May 29, 2015 at 5:12 pm
deborah,
you can find them in most nurseries. they are very easy to grow. good luck!
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