Bring Pollinators to Your Garden With Bee Balm | NatureHills.com

Do you need a plant that feeds your bees, butterflies and hummingbirds? Look no further than the Bee Balm with its pollinator appeal right in the name! Hey Plant Lovers it’s Whit with Naturehills.com and you heard that right. We’re getting up close and personal with our favorite pollinators' favorite plant.
Also known as Bergamont, Horsemint, or Oswego Tea, these fanciful and colorful crown-like flowers are hardy perennials in the Mint family with aromatic foliage and upright spreading clumps. With it’s summer bloomers, Bee Balm looks great in a sun garden or your cut flower bouquets with a whimsical look that can’t be beat!
Oh let us count the ways that Bee Balm are impressive perennials - They’re Fast growing, Cold and heat tolerant, Disease & Pest resistant, Deer and rabbit resistant because of their aromatic leaves, Tasty, and can be used for medicinal tea.
Nature Hills has several varieties of Bee Balm for you to choose from, all of which will invite your favorite beneficial insects to your yard! Here’s our favorite Bee Balms that you will love including in your garden this year!
5. Raspberry Wine Bee Balm
Starting our list is the late summer flowering, wine-colored blooms of the Raspberry Wine Monarda. With foliage aromatic enough for potpourri, Raspberry Wine is easy to grow saturated flowers! Grow as a middle-row pop of color plant and watch the pollinators stop by in droves.
#5 Raspberry Wine Bee Balm - Growing Zones 4-9, Late Summer deep raspberry-colored flowers, aromatic upright clumps, 2 - 3 feet wide, and 3 - 4 feet tall.
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4. Pardon My Cerise Bee Balm
Our number 4 Bee Balm is a sweet and petite little perennial with cheerful bright pinkish red blooms, this smaller-sized Monarda packs a punch with its showy summer colors. Growing under 2 feet tall, Pardon My Cerise is aromatic from top to bottom and its leaves are very mildew resistant.
#4. Pardon My Cerise Bee Balm, Growing zones 4-8, petite smaller Monarda with bright pinkish-red flowers, 14 - 18 inches tall and 10 - 12 inches wide, aromatic and highly mildew resistant.
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3. Balmy™ Purple Bee Balm
Another mini-Monarda, Balmy Purple is a shaggy, reddish-purple bold bloomer that shows off big time on foot-tall stems! This tiny Bee Balm has dark green aromatic leaves and from a distance looks almost fuzzy. Also disease-resistant, this dwarf Bee Balm shines in hot and cold locations.
#3. Balmy™ Purple Bee Balm, Growing zones 4-9, dwarf Monarda with red/purple shaggy blooms, fragrant and aromatic, disease and mildew-resistant.
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2. Jacob Cline Bee Balm
At number two is the bright red Jacob Cline Monarda! Standing tall at 3 - 4 feet, this bold perennial is sure to show off big with its bright color and upright stems! Enjoy the red flowers then deadhead for a repeat show later in the summer! The red blooms not only attract bees and butterflies but also have the color and shape that is irresistible to hummingbirds!
#2. Jacob Cline Bee Balm - Growing zones 4 to 9, 3 - 4 feet tall and 18 - 24 inches wide, a hummingbird magnet, and bright red showy blooms and tall strong stems.
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1. Sugar Buzz Line (Cherry Pops, Rockin Raspberry, Grape Gumball, Blue Moon)
The Sugar Buzz® line of Monarda have all the fun and juicy colors you can imagine! Smaller in size and very compact, these fast-growing perennials have super-saturated color throughout the summer and have all the scent and lasting beauty of the rest of the Monarda family! Very resistant to Powdery Mildew, these showy clumps won’t spread aggressively. With flowers shaped like pompoms, Sugar Buzz Bee Balms have a compact uniform shape.
#1. Sugar Buzz Line of Bee Balm, Zones 4-9, under 2 feet tall and wide, non aggressive spreading, saturated flower colors and mildew resistance!
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Bring the bees and other pollinators to your garden with Monarda. Plus, they come in just about any color you’d like. Which is your favorite? Let me know down in the comments. If you’re still looking for the monarda that would be the perfect fit for your yard, head on over to NatureHills.com. We have plenty of other options to choose from.
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If you’re hoping for more information of caring for monarda, or simply bringing more pollinators to your yard in general, check out our #ProPlantTips blogs. We have all the information you could want and more over there.
And until next time,
Happy planting!