Monarda Fistulosa – Bee Balm

Description

Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot/Bee Balm) is a hardy native plant needing full sun/well-drained soil, attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds with its lavender flowers, used medicinally for colds/indigestion by Indigenous peoples, and germinates well with or without cold stratification (though some benefit), spreading via seeds or rhizomes.