Wild Bergamot, Bee Balm Seed
Wild BergamotBee Balm Seed
- Dry-site native bee balm with wonderfully fragrant violet blooms
- Later midsummer flowering extends the Monarda color season
- Tolerates poor soil, deer, rabbits, and light shade
- Draws bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to native plantings
Key Attributes
About Wild Bergamot, Bee Balm Seed, Bee Balm Seed
The Wild Bergamot Monarda is the best bee balm for dry locations and produces beautiful violet blooms that have a wonderful scent! This variety has great mid-summer blooms, later than any other Monardas. The Wild Bergamot will attract a large amount of butterflies, bees and hummingbirds!
Growing details
Plant profile
Seed & variety
Before Planting
Planting
Watering
Fertilizer
Harvesting
Tips
Pests & Diseases
Powdery mildew is bee balm’s most frequent disease; rust, southern blight, and root rot may also occur. White leaf coating, orange pustules, stem-base decay, or sudden wilting are warning signs. Choose mildew-resistant varieties, provide sun and airflow, divide crowded clumps, water at soil level, and remove infected debris in fall.
Spider mites bronze bee balm leaves during hot, dry weather; aphids cluster on tips, stalk borers hollow stems, and thrips feed within flowers. Remove wilted stems below borer damage, rinse aphids away, and improve moisture management. Check blooms before bringing cut stems indoors.
Native States & Regions
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Native regions: Widespread Native
Its Role in the Native Ecosystem
Wild Bergamot provides summer nectar for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Its tubular flowers add a feeding resource in open meadow plantings, and retained stems can contribute nesting habitat for small bees. Leaving part of the stand intact after bloom preserves more than the flowers alone.
Wild Bergamot Bee Balm Native Range Map
Native range describes natural occurrence, not the origin of this seed lot or every location where a plant can be grown.
Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets. State-level range does not mean a plant occurs throughout every part of that state.
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