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A Identify the Plant Poll

Poll Results: Identify the plant poll

 
  • 15% (2)
    Catmint
  • 53% (7)
    Catnip
  • 30% (4)
    Lemon Balm
  • 0% (0)
    Other
13 Total Votes  
post #1 of 6
6/8/10 at 1:18pm
Thread Starter 
This is growing in our patio area. Do you think it's Catnip, Catmint or Lemon Balm?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...une2010007.jpg
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post #2 of 6
6/8/10 at 1:36pm
I think it is lemon balm. If you rub it between your fingers, do you get a lemony scent?
It could be catnip but I think catnip has a kind of silvery stalk.
I have lemon balm growing in my backyard and ds3 (5) loves to pick it and rub it between his fingers to smell it.
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post #3 of 6
6/8/10 at 2:23pm
it looks more like catnip than lemon balm to me. but then, i get these confused all the time when i have cuttings in vases. but as a pp said, you can tell if it is melissa (lemon balm) by the scent, for sure. does it smell lemony at all?
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post #4 of 6
6/8/10 at 2:51pm
It looks too green for lemon balm. Lemonbalm is more a yellowy-green. Definitiely smell/taste it. AFAIK, Catnip and catmint are the same thing.
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post #5 of 6
6/8/10 at 6:58pm
I think it looks like catnip.
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post #6 of 6
6/8/10 at 7:25pm
The color and sharpness of the leaf tips look more like catmint/nip imo. I have both in my garden so I plucked a tip from each for a side-by-side comparison if it helps:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...s/IMG_0617.jpg

and backlit in the sun:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...s/IMG_0616.jpg

The catmint is on the left in each photo
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