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Bee-balms — Bradbury's bee-balm (Monarda bradburiana) Plants
Bee-balms — Bradbury's bee-balm (Monarda bradburiana) Plants
Tubular, two-lipped, pinkish to whitish, purple-spotted flowers appear in dense, globular, solitary, terminal heads atop square stems. Each flower head is subtended by (rests upon) a whorl of showy, purplish-tinged, leafy bracts. Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies.
Native to: Southern and central United States. Non-native to Maine.
Growing Conditions: Best grown in dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.
Natural habitat: Occurs in dryish, acidic soils in open, rocky woods and glade margins.
Grows up to: 1-2'
Blooms: Summer
Pairs well with: Northeastern beardtongue, smooth blue aster, spotted bee-balm, fireweed, shrubby St. John’s wort, and New Jersey tea
Sun
Part Shade
Medium
