SL 93 041213 : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors. Can you please identify this small ornamental shrub with pink flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Sep 2012. Perhaps it is Centaurea Monarda ‘Beauty of Cobham’ I see a lot of herbaceous sepals in the images at (which are not there in posted plant) https://www.gardenia.net/plant/monarda-beauty-of-cobham-beebalm https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/69183/monarda-beauty-of-cobham/details https://www.farmergracy.co.uk/products/monarda-beauty-of-cobham-bare-roots-uk https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/mondarda-didyma-beauty-of-cobham/ https://hardy-plant.org.uk/plant/monarda-beauty-of-cobham?srsltid=AfmBOorN4J1GLGw2hDJ9bcRqU3KZ0UqHtz4CbAsXfEfD9bBrBEg51DY- Monarda fistulosa is reported in Flora of Peninsula India. Pl. see images of this species: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/monarda-fistulosa/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarda_fistulosa Difficult to say excited which species or hybrid. |
Monarda species- Sri Lanka
Updated on August 24, 2025