Monarda didyma
PURPLE BEE BALM, BERGAMOT
SKU: 370-10
Description
Bee Balm have very colorful large flowers that are an ideal food for pollinators, and especially humming birds! Each flower is comprised of multiple long tubular flowers that easily hold nectar. Bee Balm plants are easy to grow, and are not fussy. Plants form large, tidy clumps, slowly growing larger each year, but not becoming invasive and never self seeding around the garden.
These plants go by names including Bergamont, Monarda, and Bee Balm!
We grow these plants in our gardens, and they are the strongest growing, and most disease resistant of all of the Monardas!
Height: 2-3 feet
Hardiness zones: 3-9
Location: Sun
Bloom time: Mid summer, lasting for many weeks
Seeds per pack: 10
Germination: Start these seeds indoors right away for best germination rates. Your planting container should have holes in the bottom for excess water to drain. Sow the seeds on the surface a sterile seed-start mix and water in. Do not bury the seeds as they require light to germinate. Keep lightly moist and do not let the soil dry out. Keep at 20-22 °C, 68-72 °F. Seeds germinate in 10-30 days.
Description
Bee Balm have very colorful large flowers that are an ideal food for pollinators, and especially humming birds! Each flower is comprised of multiple long tubular flowers that easily hold nectar. Bee Balm plants are easy to grow, and are not fussy. Plants form large, tidy clumps, slowly growing larger each year, but not becoming invasive and never self seeding around the garden.
These plants go by names including Bergamont, Monarda, and Bee Balm!
We grow these plants in our gardens, and they are the strongest growing, and most disease resistant of all of the Monardas!
Height: 2-3 feet
Hardiness zones: 3-9
Location: Sun
Bloom time: Mid summer, lasting for many weeks
Seeds per pack: 10
Germination: Start these seeds indoors right away for best germination rates. Your planting container should have holes in the bottom for excess water to drain. Sow the seeds on the surface a sterile seed-start mix and water in. Do not bury the seeds as they require light to germinate. Keep lightly moist and do not let the soil dry out. Keep at 20-22 °C, 68-72 °F. Seeds germinate in 10-30 days.
