Monarda didyma (Bee Balm)

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Common Name:  Bee Balm

Attracts:  Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Birds

Use:  Rain Garden, Naturalizing and Monarch Garden

Light:  Full Sun to Part Sun

Hardiness Zone:  4 to 9  USDA Zone Map

Soils:  Moist to Wet

Flower Time:  Mid-July to Late August

Flower Color:  Scarlet Red

Height:  2' - 4'

Notes:  Monarda didyma (Beebalm) provides a great splash of red in the garden, special value to many pollinators.  Does spread aggressively, so put where you want a lot of it.  Noted as deer-resistant by UVM.

Host plant of VT Bee Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN):
Bombus affinis (Rusty-Patched Bumble bee) presumed extinct!
Bombus fervidus (Golden Northern Bumble bee)
Bombus pensylvanicus (American Bumble bee)

Naturalized in New England, native to NY and Mid-Atlantic, US:   Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).