Lemon mint?

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Tracydr
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Lemon mint?

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Post: # 23207Unread post Tracydr
Mon Jun 22, 2020 8:50 pm

Growing two plants of lemon mint. They have gotten about 3 feet tall and require staking/tying. If I cut it back will it become bushier,sturdier and shorter? I hate to cut flowers as every stalk is loaded with flowers and bees. It’s by far the best bee magnet, better even then Thai basil or my nesting onions. I

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Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:55 pm

Maybe cut it back after it's done flowering?

PS- what's a nesting onion?

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Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:58 pm

Done flowering and before it starts to seed. It can be invasive.

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Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:05 am

Which 'lemon mint' is that? Monarda, or Mentha, or Melissa?
AgCan Zone 5a/USDA zone 4
temperate marine climate
yearly precip 61 inches/1550 mm

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Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:11 am

There is an agastache called Lemon Fiesta. (Agastache aka Hummingbird Mint).
Donna, zone 9, El Lago, Texas

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