General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 36 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Hot pink
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
Division
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP16,741 (2006)
Parentage: Mahogany x Marshall's Delight
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Firecracker Plant
  • Bee Balm
  • Bergamot
  • Horsemint
  • Oswego Tea
  • Beebalm
Also sold as:
  • 'Baileef'
  • Monarda didyma 'Coral Reef'

Photo Gallery
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2010-07-19
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2013-07-12
  1:22 pm. Quite short for a Monarda, but great colour.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2014-07-14
  8:56 pm. A shade pinker in the evening light.
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2011-07-17

Date: 2014-06-18
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-07-08
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic

Date: 2014-06-18

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-07-12
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-07-03
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-07-03
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Date: 2014-06-27
Comments:
  • Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 24, 2014 10:31 AM concerning plant:
    Bee Balm 'Coral Reef' has bright coral-pink blooms. It grows well in moist, humusy soil in part sun, and it blooms in mid to late summer. Native to eastern North America, it is a nectar source for butterflies and hummingbirds. It also has special value to native bees and bumble bees. The foliage is aromatic. 'Coral Reef' has good mildew resistance.
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