Monarda fistulosa seeds

I was enchanted to see wild bergamot (monarde fistuleuse) blooming in High Park last summer, so when I saw this packet of seeds from the High Park Volunteer Stewardship Program at Seedy Saturday in Scarborough, I snatched them up!

Monarda fistulosa in bloom

Monarda fistulosa, known in English as "wild bergamot" and in French as monarde fistuleuse, is a perennial native to much of North America. As you can see it looks a lot like its close relative, M. didyma, but with pretty mauve flowers.

This photograph was taken at High Park.