Posted by Radovan Hajek on 4th Feb 2022
"Monarda bradburiana is one of my personal “top ten” plants.
It’s a dramatically underused plant with a (currently) small following, a
following it certainly does not deserve. Most Monarda you’re
likely familiar with have a high susceptibility to diseases like
Powdery Mildew, leaving them totally defoliated and 100% ugly around
July and August. Monarda bradburiana on the other hand is still
boasting a mass of deep green, glossy leave… Read more
Posted by Jackie Finch, Herald-Times, 08/29/2020, Bloomington, IN on 6th Jan 2021
Growing up in the Czech Republic, Radovan “Rad” Hajek loved to watch
his grandmother work in her colorful flower garden. “Since I can
remember, being about 4, she always had a beautiful front garden full of
flowers, perennials and annuals,” he says.“One of my very early
memories with flowers was drawing pictures on the concrete with the
flower buds of spiderwort, Californian poppies and moss rose,” he adds.Rad also would trail along aft… Read more