Oct 23 2008
Touch Me Nots (Balsam)
More about this lovely plant, Touch Me Not, or Balsam.
I wasn’t satisfied with the grungy photos I posted yesterday, so I found a nicer looking plant that still had some fairly decent flowers on it. You can see how the flowers open from the bottom of the stem and move up, leaving the seed pods to form behind them.
Some of these plants are quite bushy, with flowers blooming on several branches at the same time. They are really showy, maybe 30 inches tall or so. If you order seeds from a catalog, you will find these in different colors, and mixed color packets.
I have hummingbirds who nest nearby, and the babies can almost get lost in these flowers.
