BERGAMOT WILD

BEE BALM

HORSEMINT

[ Monarda Fistulosa ]

Season: Perennial/Annual
Height: 18-48 Inches
Bloom Season: Summer/Fall
Environment: Full Sun/Partial Sun/Dry
Zones: 3 – 9 (As Perennial)
All Regions of North America (As Annual)

Wild Bergamot [ Monarda Fistulosa ] is a common Missouri native perennial which occurs statewide in dry soils on prairies, dry rocky woods and glade margins, unplanted fields and along roads and railroads. The plant is a clump-forming, mint family member that grows typically to 2-4 foot tall.

Wild Bergamot [ Monarda Fistulosa ] has lavender, two-lipped, tubular flowers appear in dense, globular, solitary, terminal heads atop square stems. Each flower head is subtended by (rests upon) a whorl of showy, pinkish, leafy bracts. The toothed, aromatic, oblong, grayish-green leaves may be used in teas. The plant has a long summer bloom period.

The plant attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

PLANTING

Sow Inside: Before last frost
Sow Outside: Spring/Fall
Seed Depth: 1/8 Inch
Days to Emerge: 14 to 21

BERGAMOT, BEE BALM, HORSEMINT  Monarda Fistulosa  Seeds