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Wild Scarlet Bee Balm
Monarda didyma
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$9.99
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$13.32
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(24-48" tall x 24-36" wide) Brilliant red, shaggy-topped blooms make Scarlet Bee Balm a winner in gardens and meadows. Also called Oswego Tea, Red Bergamot, and Horsemint. This nectar-rich wildflower is stunning and a beacon for pollinators. More tolerant of wet soils than many perennials, Scarlet Bee Balms is also ideal for rain gardens. Scarlet Bee Balm has a long bloom period, especially if you deadhead to remove spent blooms, and its upright shape makes it a lovely companion for mounding perennials like Black-Eyed Susan and Sedum. The stems, which are square in cross-section, hint at its place in the mint family, as does the aroma of the leaves when crushed. Like many mints, Bee Balm spreads by underground rhizomes, so it will readily naturalize to fill in your garden. Plant it in moist, rich soil in full sun to part shade; the plant appreciates some afternoon shade in hot-summer locales. Give the plants plenty of space to spread and divide plants every few years to ensure good air circulation, which helps prevent powdery mildew on the foliage. Deer and rabbit resistant. Hardy in zones 4-9.
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Overall rating: 4.125 / 5 from 8 reviews.
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Waste of money
"I spent a lot of money and nothing came up, planted after frost, get plenty of water and sunshine nothing"
Satisfied
"I was surprised that one (of three) plants was pink and another was lavender with only one actually scarlet. Not a complaint, just a surprise."
Plants are healthy!
"We've had these bee balms from another company before, which did well for many years. We just got 5 of these plants from American Meadows and they arrived in good shape. We just planted them and so far, they're growing."
iwould buy again
"#sweepstakes"
Just what I was looking for. They in the ground and growing
"Hummingbirds Love 'em"
Survived its first year ok
"It was smaller than I thought. Seem to struggle to produce one flower and get through the season. I may have planted it too close to other monarda that were larger and dwarfed it. I plan to transplant it where it has more room and more sun. We'll see what happens then."
I will try again with this product
"The plant did really well for about the first month but then, unfortunately, the weather became so hot, that all of my plants I ordered last year died. I'll be trying it again."
I would by this flower again
"Beautiful, very colorful"