Bee Balm

"The balm of life, a kind and faithful friend."

--Mercy Otis Warren--The bee balm in our flower bed gets powdery mildew so easily... if the flower wasn't so pretty I think I would pull it up and plant something else. I tried to wash the leaves off and that didn't work so I sprayed neem oil... I just hate putting any spray out there... any ideas from the gardeners on 365?

[Heather]

A stunning shot with the red on green! (I've never seen bee balm flowers before) Fav

[Babs]

What a stunning plant. fav.

[Corinne C]

Gorgeous pic

[Mags]

Wow! Been a long time since I've seen that. Beautiful shot.

[Barb]

Perfect capture!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautifully captured

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

okay, this should be a logo for some product!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful capture of this pretty blossom. It has such a nice vibrant red. Neem oil is the main thing I know of. My plant source says limit nitrogen fertilizer also.

[Jane Pittenger]

Great Christmas colors

[gloria jones]

Love the colors

[Diana]

Beautifully composed and captured. I use Neem oil on my plants when that happens.

[Susan Wakely]

Beautiful.

[haskar]

Beautifully captured.

[*lynn]

beautiful and different ~ fav

[Merrelyn]

I've never seen this plant before. It's beautiful.

[Rob Z]

It's such a fantastic structure

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Well composed!

[Steve Chappell]

Beautiful