Name: Spotted Bee Balm, Horsemint
Brand: NVK Nurseries
SKU: 1860-PL50
Price: 11.0 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

Monarda punctata

A native bee balm with aromatic foliage and tubular flowers highly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.

Small yellow flowers with purple spots rest on showy pink bracts
Tiered flowers are just above foliage, opening in sequence from the bottom up
Hairy toothed lance-shaped mid-green leaves, 10 cm long
Foliage has an oregano scent when crushed
Loose, clumping habit
Drought and salt tolerant

Size

1 litre

1 gal

50 plugs per tray

$5.00

Shipping calculated at checkout.

Quantity

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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight

Full sun, Partial shade, Shade

Soil Moisture

Well-drained, Moist, Dry, Average

Drought Tolerant

✓

Hardiness Zone

3 – 3

Mature Height (meters)

0.4 – 0.6

Mature Spread (meters)

0.2 – 0.3

Growth Rate

Medium

Flower Colour

Yellow

Foliage Colour

Green

Bloom Time

Summer

Habit

Upright

Deer Resistant

✓

Rabbit Resistant

✓

Pollinator Friendly

✓

Attracts Birds

✓

Ontario Native

✓

Fragrant

✓

Landscape Uses

Accent, Mass planting, Border

Growing & Maintenance Tips

Best grown in full sun and dry, sandy soils. It has a greater tolerance to sun and drought than other monarda. Will reproduce by self-seeding.

Notes

Native to Ontario