Bee Balm
- Botanical Name
- Monarda spp.
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Width
- 3 feet
- Flowers
- Summer: scarlet red, pink, white, wine red, purple, violet
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Divide every 3 years to prevent spread of this aggressive perennial
- Provide generous spacing and air circulation to help prevent powdery mildew and rust
- Do not allow soil to dry out
- Problems
- Powdery mildew, rust
- Varieties
- Monarda didyma 'Gardenview Scarlet' - 4', bright scarlet flowers, fairly good mildew resistance
- Colrain Red - deep purplish red flowers, good mildew resistance
- Marshall's Delight - purplish pink blooms, good mildew resistance
- Raspberry Wine - purplish-red flowers, good mildew resistance
- Monarda bradburiana - compact native, pale pink flowers spotted with purple, 12-24" tall
- Monarda fistulosa - wild bergamot, native found in drier soils of prairies, rocky woods, roadsides and undisturbed fields; lavender flowers atop 2-4' plants
- Leading Lady Series - hybrid bee balms that are very compact and earlier blooming than M. didyma cultivars, flowers of bright pink, lavender, purple-pink, raspberry-purple
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