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Marshall's Delight Bee Balm

Monarda didyma 'Marshall's Delight'

$11.98
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per Plant - 3" Pot
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ZONES  4-9 | Good to grow! Zone
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'Marshall's Delight' Bee Balm is a hot pink, hummingbird and butterfly favorite that makes a huge show in the garden. Growing to 3 ft. in height, this variety has exceptionally fragrant foliage and vibrant late-season color. Shows good resistance to powdery mildew and is happy to naturalize when allowed. (Monarda)

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About the Monardas This is a hybrid of the famous American wildflower with the bright red crown-shaped flowers, a description of the large scarlet blooms everyone and every hummingbird loves.

There are other species, but our famous Monarda or Bee Balm is native from the far north all the way south to Georgia, it was first discovered by world famous plant explorer John Bartram during the colonial era. Since its a member of the mint family with fragrant foliage, Bee Balm was always a medicinal plant of the native Americans, and today adds wonderful color to perennial gardens and wildflower meadows. Its a strong-growing perennial that likes moisture, and will grow in sun or partial shade.

As with all Bee Balms, the bloom begins in mid-summer, and if you cut off spent flowers for about three weeks, you'll extend the blooming into fall.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun
  • Half Sun / Half Shade

Bloom Time

Mid to late summer

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Native
  • Mass Plantings
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Naturalizes
  • Cut Flowers
  • Fragrant
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Tolerates

  • Dry Sites

Additional information

Mature Height

24-36" tall

Mature Spread

18-24" wide

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Clay Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Moist / Wet

Planting Depth

The base of the stem(s) should be just at the soil surface after watering in

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer
  • Fall

Growth Rate

Fast

Flower Size

2-3" flowers

Plant Classification

Native Cultivar (Nativar)

Growing Zones

  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
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Overall rating: 4.7777777 / 5 from 9 reviews.

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Absolutely amazing

"I'll admit, I was skeptical. We bought these in fall of 2018. They came as dinky little plants and I was positive they wouldn't make it. Last spring, they came back. They each were about 6" high and a deep, healthy green. No flowers though. However, I didn't give up hope and boy am I glad I didn't! They came back with a vengeance this spring. They started coming back in early March and they are both massive! So many blooms I can't keep up and every single day there are bumblebees all over them!"

— Jeremy B. (5/5)

Fast Growers!

"I'm not going to lie; when I first planted these, I was very disappointed in American Meadows. They looked like some dead stems with roots when they arrived. I planted them even though I wanted to throw them all away and ask for my money back. Obviously planting in fall, they never came back. The shrived up. One even lost its dried up stem. I was convinced that I had been ripped up. However, spring came and I noticed some growth. Now, we're in the first week of May and these are a good 6 inches tall. They have taken off and look amazing! They haven't bloomed but I do know that it's usually rare for perennials to bloom within the first year so hopefully next year. Either way, give your plants a chance! They may look dead but they may surprise you!"

— Jeremy (5/5)

Beautiful perennial

"Nice fragrant plant for pollinator garden or simply increase bee traffic to your vegetables."

— Gabriel (5/5)

looking forward

"These will likely be in better shape spring 2018. Other, bigger plants overshadowed them this year. They will rest and root over the winter and I'm looking forward to seeing them around June."

— East V. (5/5)

Compact Bee Balm

"I added it to my own garden where the usual Bee Balm would be too tall."

— Gran (5/5)

Grew fast

"I bought 2 and I was surprised that such a small plant grew to 3 feet in a few months. No flowers yet. Hopefully next year. Nice healthy plant."

— Karen (4/5)

Love it!

"I planted a huge perennial garden in 2014. My first garden ever. I ordered this plant and it arrived and it was small but it tripled in size within two months. I have given so much of it away in two years and still have tons. One of my very favorite in my garden!!"

— New G. (5/5)

spreading

"It was a tiny thing when it arrived but it survived our wicked summer and is spreading like I wanted. No blooms this year but I have high hopes for next!"

— Novemberfoxtrot (4/5)

Pretty

"We!ve had a cloudy and rainy summer so far in WV but the plants are doing quite well. They started blooming early July."

— Jo (5/5)

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