Height: 2-4 feet
Spread: 2-3 feet
Light: Full sun (best)
Soil: Moist or dry, well drained
Bloom: Fragrant lavender summer flowers
Leaves: Aromatic
Forms colonies
Resistance: Deer, Black Walnut
More photos and native range here
Monarda fistuolsa (Bee Balm)
Also called: Wild Bergamot
Pollinator value: Very High
Attracts birds, hummingbirds and butterflies. Special value to native bees.
Beautiful and fragrant. Works great in a perennial garden, raingarden, butterfly and pollinator garden and as a border.
Well aerated soils helps control powdery mildew.

















