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I'm still waiting on my Pycnanthemum muticum, clustered mountain mint, to germinate. But in more positive news I was allowed to take a cutting of Monarda bradburiana, spotted bee balm, home with me yesterday.
What's growing on with you all?
Edited to add an image of the bee balm:
Plenty of rain lately, so almost everything is growing a lot. Some of the jackfruits that I planted last year are still struggling, but most of them had some root damage during transplant, so I'm not surprised. Some of the new engkalas are really taking off now, despite everything in the world trying to kill them. I recently direct-seeded some Flemingia macrophylla as an alley crop in one area, but it hasn't come up yet... I'm mainly doing maintenance this month: pruning some bigger trees, removing all of the little guavas that sprout up, and planting more pinto peanut. The grass is growing back in many areas, but I'll keep chopping it down and uprooting it in front of the pinto peanut so that that can take over.
Edit: I smell a ripe jackfruit. I guess I'll be eating that today.
I adore how consistently I get to learn about unfamiliar plants when you post! Your space sounds so lovely ๐
Thanks! There's still way too much grass for my taste, but it's getting more lovely all the time. More durian would be nice.