If you want to impress people with your knowledge of perennial varieties, tell them you particularly like the bee-balm varieties Cambridge Scarlet and Croftway Pink -- very British-sounding ...

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

Although there are many hybrids, most emanated from two different native species, wild bergamot and scarlet bee balm. I think the most common found around Rochester, including Silver Lake ...

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 ...