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Monarda punctata | spotted bee balm

Monarda punctata delights with beautiful and unique flowers. From a distance, the greenish-white or pink colored bracts create the more obvious display, but look closer and find the smaller creamy-yellow flowers spotted with purple, hence the common name spotted bee balm. Spotted bee balm is rarely bothered by deer and is great for gardens with sandy soils. Makes a bold statement when grown as a large planting, but is perhaps better used in a more natural community with grasses and forbs interplanted together.

**Monarda punctata seeds do not have dormancy—they will germinate quickly from a spring sowing. Seed packets contain at least 300 seeds.

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Monarda punctata | spotted bee balm

Monarda punctata delights with beautiful and unique flowers. From a distance, the greenish-white or pink colored bracts create the more obvious display, but look closer and find the smaller creamy-yellow flowers spotted with purple, hence the common name spotted bee balm. Spotted bee balm is rarely bothered by deer and is great for gardens with sandy soils. Makes a bold statement when grown as a large planting, but is perhaps better used in a more natural community with grasses and forbs interplanted together.

**Monarda punctata seeds do not have dormancy—they will germinate quickly from a spring sowing. Seed packets contain at least 300 seeds.

HABIT

Height: 2-3’

Bloom Time: early to late summer

SITE CONDITIONS

Light: full sun

Soil: average, medium-dry, dry

CULTIVATION TIPS

Establishment: easy, spreads by self-seeding

Deer Resistance: very high

INTERACTIONS

Pollinator Support: very high

Other: host plant for raspberry pyrausta butterfly

CONSERVATION

Native Range: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest

Seed Propagated: yes