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Spotted Bee Balm (also called Dotted Mint or Dotted Horsemint) prefers sandy soils and full to part sun. This Monarda is more tolerant of drought and intense sun than most in the genera. Monarda punctata is usually found in sand prairies, hill prairies, and Oak savannas.
13 Ιουν 2024 · Spotted bee balm is low-maintenance and easy to grow. This North American native perennial will readily self-seed and spread in clumps if you let it do so. Since not much maintenance is required this makes it a great option for filling in a spot that might be hard to reach with irrigation or other gardening tools.
22 Αυγ 2024 · Spotted Bee Balm is a great Wisconsin native perennial for a night garden! The pale-yellow flowers are spotted with purple dots, surrounded by white to purplish-pink bracts that provide both pollen and nectar, both of which are in plentiful supply for our pollinators.
Plant Preference/Growing Conditions: Monarda Punctata grows best in dry, sunny areas, with sandy soils. It grows best with very little water. Bee Balm is also known to grow best in circumneutral soil (pH 6.8-7.2.) Growth Habit/Description: Spotted Bee Balm is a small (6' - 3"') erect perennial.
Prepare to be dazzled—there’s no flower quite like Spotted Bee Balm! This eye-catching native species blooms with whorls of yellow tubular flowers with purple spots, forming dense spikes surrounded by rosettes of downward curving pale purple bracts. A true blushing beauty.
Bee Balm, often called Monarda or Oswego Tea, is a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to North America, where it thrives in a variety of habitats, from woodlands to meadows. Bee Balm has become a popular garden plant not only for its beauty but also because of its ability to attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other ...
Monarda punctata, or spotted beebalm, is a valuable ecological species by supporting nectar-loving insects and is a pollinator magnet. Spotted beebalm grows 2-3’ tall and 2’ wide and is in peak bloom in July but intermittently flowering through August.
