General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 2 to 3 feet
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Root
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Common names
  • Soft Wild Bergamot
  • Bee Balm
  • Beebalm
  • Soft Beebalm
  • Pale Wild Bergamot
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Monarda fistulosa var. mollis
  • Synonym: Monarda fistulosa subsp. fistulosa var. mollis
  • Synonym: Monarda mollis
  • Synonym: Monarda scabra

Photo Gallery

Date: c. 1913
illustration from Britton and Brown's 'An illustrated Flora of th
Location: Alberta, Canada
hand-colored lantern slide by William McCalla via the Provincial

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