Monarda punctata
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.
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.
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