Comments on: First herbs: bee balm. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: darcey http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9014 darcey Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:26:40 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9014 yay for bee balm! here the wildflower books call it horsemint. GAH! yay for bee balm! here the wildflower books call it horsemint. GAH!

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9015 Kiva Rose Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:41:45 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9015 I like bee balm as a name too, but I've heard it applied to other plants as well, which makes it confusing. I use Monarda as a default, and I do hate doing anything by default. hrrrmmm. Love the pic! I like bee balm as a name too, but I’ve heard it applied to other plants as well, which makes it confusing. I use Monarda as a default, and I do hate doing anything by default. hrrrmmm.

Love the pic!

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9049 crabappleherbs Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:08:55 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9049 Darcey, I've usually heard only Monarda punctata called horsemint. Have you heard it applied to others too? Which non-Monarda plants have you heard called bee balm, Kiva? Darcey, I’ve usually heard only Monarda punctata called horsemint. Have you heard it applied to others too?

Which non-Monarda plants have you heard called bee balm, Kiva?

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9056 Kiva Rose Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:08:51 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9056 Oh, people round here call the Agastaches bee balm a lot, and in PA I heard people call lemon balm beebalm, and there was some tree in the SE they called Bee Balm too, but I don't know what it is. Here they call Agastache pallida horsemint or dragonhead or beebalm, which is confusing since it isn't any of those things. And they call Monarda fistulosa var. menthaefolia (the higher elevation Monarda here) Oregano de la Sierras or Mexican Oregano or just Wild Oregano which makes sense cuz it tastes just like Oregano. Does yours? Oh, people round here call the Agastaches bee balm a lot, and in PA I heard people call lemon balm beebalm, and there was some tree in the SE they called Bee Balm too, but I don’t know what it is.

Here they call Agastache pallida horsemint or dragonhead or beebalm, which is confusing since it isn’t any of those things. And they call Monarda fistulosa var. menthaefolia (the higher elevation Monarda here) Oregano de la Sierras or Mexican Oregano or just Wild Oregano which makes sense cuz it tastes just like Oregano. Does yours?

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9104 crabappleherbs Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:20:36 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9104 Wow. Around here, as far as I can tell, bee balm is always one of the three Monardas I mentioned. And yes, our M. fistulosa does taste somewhat like oregano. But not *exactly* like it. I've had some western ones that really tasted *just* like oregano. Wow. Around here, as far as I can tell, bee balm is always one of the three Monardas I mentioned.

And yes, our M. fistulosa does taste somewhat like oregano. But not *exactly* like it. I’ve had some western ones that really tasted *just* like oregano.

]]> By: Dr. Jayashree Joshi http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9281 Dr. Jayashree Joshi Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:14:35 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9281 I have enjoyed reading this blog. I hadn't heard of bee-balm before. I'm a Holistic Pediatrician in India and I'm interested in all things herbal. Please look me up on my website www.farawaysister.com You will be surprised to see how many herbs have now gone global ( for instance, I use crab apple flower extract - a Bach flower extract - in my practice, though it doesn't grow here! ). I have enjoyed reading this blog. I hadn’t heard of bee-balm before.
I’m a Holistic Pediatrician in India and I’m interested in all things herbal.
Please look me up on my website www.farawaysister.com You will be surprised to see how many herbs have now gone global ( for instance, I use crab apple flower extract - a Bach flower extract - in my practice, though it doesn’t grow here! ).

]]> By: Jan S. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9308 Jan S. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:08:33 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2007/10/02/first-herbs-bee-balm/#comment-9308 I will definatly check out Bee Balm. Very cute photo. I don't think I have ever seen you in pink before. I like the hat too. I will definatly check out Bee Balm. Very cute photo. I don’t think I have ever seen you in pink before. I like the hat too.

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