The most common type of bee balm, scarlet bee, is often planted as a hardy perennial in flower beds. The bright red flowers look like tufts of hair atop the 3-foot-tall stalks. Bee balm is in the ...

That’s what happened every year with the Cambridge Scarlet bee balm I grew in my country garden. I’d cut the plants to the ground and settle for fresh but much shorter foliage for the rest of ...

The Latin name is Monarda fistulosa. Another native bee balm, Monarda didyma, boasts bright scarlet flowers. Lavender bee balm flowers are about 3 inches across while the scarlet ones are larger ...

Red Velvet also has a wider spread. These are hybrids but the Monarda didyma, commonly called scarlet bee balm, is native to 26 states and Canada. It is a mystery to me that I have not run into a ...

Monarda and its best-known bee balm species is a hot native plant at ... Gardenview Scarlet,' 3 feet tall, red, early July Although the popular variety 'Jacob Cline' didn't score in the top ...

One of the perennials known to attract pollinators is bee balm (Monarda spp.). A member ... Rooster,’ ‘On Parade’ and ‘Gardenview Scarlet’. My favorite, ‘Jacob Cline’ (M.