Spotted Beebalm (Monarda punctata)
Full sun to part shade
Low water needs
Size: 2-5 ft tall
Bloom Time: Summer through fall
Beebalm is a robust, aromatic wildflower known to attract a huge variety of pollinating insects, including bees, wasps and butterflies. It can be used in informal gardens or as individual plants in gardens with a more tended look. The long branches can get rangy and fall over, but trimming in early summer will keep it bushier. It is a great reseeder, so you may find it showing up in other flower beds throughout your garden.
Fun Fact: Beebalm is high in thymol, which has antimicrobial, antifungal, and antiseptic properties and has been used historically to treat ringworm and hookworm infections. Thymol is also the same oil in thyme and oregano, therefore, beebalm leaves can be used as a substitute for those Mediterranean herbs. Consider planting it in a herb or cottage garden.
https://www.fnps.org/plants/plant/monarda-punctata
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3478
Low water needs
Size: 2-5 ft tall
Bloom Time: Summer through fall
Beebalm is a robust, aromatic wildflower known to attract a huge variety of pollinating insects, including bees, wasps and butterflies. It can be used in informal gardens or as individual plants in gardens with a more tended look. The long branches can get rangy and fall over, but trimming in early summer will keep it bushier. It is a great reseeder, so you may find it showing up in other flower beds throughout your garden.
Fun Fact: Beebalm is high in thymol, which has antimicrobial, antifungal, and antiseptic properties and has been used historically to treat ringworm and hookworm infections. Thymol is also the same oil in thyme and oregano, therefore, beebalm leaves can be used as a substitute for those Mediterranean herbs. Consider planting it in a herb or cottage garden.
https://www.fnps.org/plants/plant/monarda-punctata
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3478
