Monarda Bee-Free - Bee Balm Long Blooming and cottage gardens

and cottage gardens

This is definitely a new “Wow

Planted in mass it can be truly stunning offering a platform of color to pollinators when it is in bloom

it's best to leave old fronds on the plant through winter rather than cutting them back in fall

it benefits from 2-4 inches of organic mulch to keep roots cool and moist during summer heat

Monarda Bee-Free - Bee Balm Long Blooming and cottage gardensWe love the Bee You series of Monarda in our garden for their ample flowers and resistance to disease. We planted some in both our patio area and our Earth Day garden to stunning effect. Bee Free has hot pink purple flowers that open from magenta colored buds. The blooms sit in deep purple centers, which blanket the plant for months of color. Blooms are eye popping on a blanket of darker green foliage. The small size of the Bee You line, 15 20 inches