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    August plants

    Aug 17, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS JIMI BLAKE PHOTOGRAPHS JASON INGRAM

    Jimi Blake is the owner and creator of Hunting Brook Gardens. huntingbrook.com

    MONARDA ‘ON PARADE’

    Monarda is a genus I trialled at Hunting Brook a few years ago. Monarda ‘On Parade’ was one of the winners of this trial and is still a superior perennial in my main border for late colour. This is a Canadian selection that bulks up quickly and thrives on my rich, heavy, clay soil. It has fuchsia-pink to magenta flowers, and the carmine-pink bracts under the flowers prolong its season of interest. Monardas often get mildew, generally because of drought, but this cultivar has always been mildew-resistant with me. I propagate it by division in spring.

    Height 1.2m.

    Origin Garden (species North America).

    Conditions Rich,

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