Plant ID please

[Georgie]

Does anyone know what this plant is please?  It's about 18" high and is growing in semi shade.  G x

[Georgie]

[saddad]

Not sure about that... is it a spurge?
Somebody will put us right soon enough!
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[Palustris]

Are the pink flowers on the plant or one next to it? If so, then a close up of them would help. ;D

[Georgie]

The pinky mauve flowers are on the plant.  I keep trying to get a close up but it's been so windy here this week.   ::)  Will try harder.   ;)  How's this?   ;D



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[Mrs Ava]

Well the flowers are similar to a salvia, but the leaves seem all wrong...... :-\

[Toadspawn]

Is it a Monarda?

[Georgie]

Is it a Monarda?

Hey, thanks Toadspawn, you're right!  I've just looked it up and found the following:

M. citriodora and M. pectinata have light lavender to lilac-colored blooms and have slightly decreased flower quantities. Both species are commonly referred to as "Lemon Mint."

And now I'll let you all in on a little secret.  It's growing in a pot labelled lemon mint (seed courtesy of a kind poster here) which I assumed was a culinary herb!  What am I like?   ::)

Anyway, I think it's really pretty and it's good to know its 'proper' name.   :)

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[GREENWIZARD]

also know as bee balm.....rather like that name :)

[Georgie]

I've just sown a pot of seed of that one, GW.   ;D  Can't remember the genus offhand.

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