How to Winter Sow Bee Balm (Monarda) | Perennial Garden

[@jeffreyrossi5084]

Nice little series of seed starting clips.

[@perennial-garden]

Glad you like them! Thanks for letting us know 💚

[@wendybartlett6717]

For some reason, I just can't seem to keep Monarda. My soil is waterlogged in winter so this year I bought another one thinking I'd keep it in its pot. It was lovely until I re-potted it as it looked pot bound. It didn't seem to like the move. Paul and Andrew say the heads look like Fraggle Rock characters and they do.

[@perennial-garden]

They reallly do! My goodness... I need to see if Lars knows Fraggle Rock... wonder what it was called in Danish back then! haha

[@bonniepancoast9054]

Here in eastern PA our Monarda runs wild. I don’t know how to contain it. I literallly pull out so much surface roots and when I toss them into the wooded area adjoining my pollinator garden they root and keep going. I would not know how to contain them in my perennial gardens. Do you have any ideas?

[@perennial-garden]

Oh wow! I guess the bees love it tho. I'm not sure how to go about it... they do spread by rhizomes and can self-seed quite easily... so I guess patience and hard work will get them. Have you checked with your local extension office? (county extension offices.. where they have agriculture experts that can help)