The Monarda punctata also called Spotted Bee Balm produces light purple clusters of flowers. Use in your borders or small garden beds. This variety is a bit smaller than other bee palm varieties on this list, growing only 1-2 feet tall. ![]() It prefers dry to medium moisture, well-drained soil. Like other varieties, it will thrive in full sun to partial shade. The Monarda bradburiana, also called Easter bee balm boasts soft pink-lavender gorgeous flowers from late spring through early summer. Like other varieties, it likes full sun or partial shade. Growing 3-4 feet tall, this plant will look terrific in small containers, small gardens, or around beds and borders. Like the Monarda ‘Beauty of Cobham’ variety, the Monarda Squaw also won the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society. The Monarda Squaw variety is one of my favorites. This variety will produce deep raspberry -red flowers all summer long. The bee balm Raspberry Wine variety is another beautiful variety. Make sure to cut to the ground after the flowering period to promote healthy growth. ![]() This gorgeous variety will attract pollinators to your garden. It grows to be 3-4 feet tall, and 2-3 feet wide. The bee balm Prarienacht variety is a perennial that produces beautiful purple flowers, that bloom from summer through early fall. ![]() This variety will look fantastic in any garden. The Bee balm Petite Delight variety produces amazing blooms in lavender rose flowers that have an amazing scent. The plant will look terrific in a small garden, container patio or around your beds and borders. This variety will attract pollinators (butterflies, and hummingbirds) to your garden. The ‘Beauty of Cobham’ bee balm won a prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society. The Monarda Beauty of Cobham is another favorite perennial that produces gorgeous purple blooms. The Balmy purple bee balm variety will look great in a small garden or in your beds and borders. It grows best in full sun or partial shade and moist but well-drained soil. It blooms from late spring through the end of summer. The Monarda Balmy Purple variety produces beautiful pink flowers. The Balmy Pink bee balm grows up to 10-12inches tall. This perennial blooms from late spring through the end of summer. The Monarda Balmy pink variety produces beautiful pink flowers. Grow this variety in a small garden or dress up your borders. This variety attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. The Monarda Balmy Lilac variety is a gorgeous perennial that produces beautiful Lilac flowers. In this guide, we look at 10 of our favorite bee balm varieties. There are many different varieties of Bee balm. And most varieties grow to be 2-4 feet tall. Bee balm thrives in full sun to part shade. Bee balm also has a long history of Medicinal use.īee balm can grow in zones 4 to 9. Bee Balm also attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees to your garden making this plant an excellent addition to a pollinator garden. The green foliage of bee balm is also scented. The plant produces beautiful flowers in purple, red, pink or white. Soil Type: Rich/Moist well-drained, pH 6.1-7.Monarda or bee balm is a perennial that is native to North America. The Red Monarda flowers make wonderful fresh or dry cut flowers, and they are also edible and used in teas or in potpourri. Growing Oswego Tea herb from Monarda Didyma seeds is a great way to establish this popular upright perennial that expands into colonies from vigorous rhizomes requiring low maintenance, tolerating clay and sand soil, and resisting rabbit and dear. The scented Bergamot flowers are like a magnet to various pollinators including bumblebees, swallowtail butterflies, and hummingbirds.īee Balm Scarlet Red Shades is one of the best perennial flowers to grow in bird and butterfly gardens, border fronts, cottage and cutting gardens, herb and wild gardens, naturalized landscapes and along ponds or streams. Easily grown from Bee Balm Scarlet Red Shades seeds, this sturdy perennial wildflower is known by a number of different common names including Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Bergamot, Firecracker Plant, Horsemint, Mountain Mint, Scarlet Monarda, and this particular variety of Monarda Didyma is a bushy, clump-forming plant with the mint-scented leaves and very showy, tubular, bright scarlet-red flowers that are formed into globular, terminal, 3-4 inches across flower heads. ![]() Bee Balm Scarlet Red Shades Monarda Didyma is a perennial herb that is native to North America and belongs to mint family.
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