PlantsFlowers
Scarlet Bee Balm
Monarda didyma
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Red summer flowers for hummingbirds
ModerateFlowers
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium–moist
- Mature size
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jul–Aug
- How it spreads
- Running clump
- What to buy
- Plants. Mildew-resistant cultivars are worth it.
- When to plant
- Plant May.
In the design
Not the same as wild bergamot, which is the prairie native and usually mildews less. This one wants more water. Give it air.
