Gardeners Swear By Bee Balm—Here’s How to Keep It Thriving originally appeared on Dengarden.

Discover the delightful benefits of bee balm plants. Find out why hummingbirds, songbirds, bees and butterflies love monarda flowers.

Monarda, or wild bergamot, is a native plant that provides large lavender colored flowers from late June to August. It is also made into an herb tea.

Bee balm is a must for summer gardens because it provides a month or more of colorful blooms. Several monarda species -- including red-flowered M. didyma and lavender-flowered M. fistulosa -- are ...

This bee balm, aka monarda, comes in multiple colors with enticing fragrance for butterflies, hummingbirds, a pollinator's delight.

Monarda, called by the common names of bee balm, horsemint and bergamot, is part of the mint family. Native Americans made use of monarda's essential healing oils, and spotted bee balm is said to ...

Monarda includes 15 species of annuals and clump-forming rhizomatous perennials. Grow bee balm in Zones 3 to 9, in full sun at northern reaches of its range to partial shade at the southern zones.

One of our prettiest, easiest-to-grow summer flowers is Monarda, also known as Bee Balm, an American perennial, native to our area.

The name bee balm probably originated because monarda's showy whorled blossoms that are held on top of tall stems are full of nectar and attract all kinds of pollinators.

Bee balm (Monarda didyma) in particular is a powerhouse in drawing bees and hummingbirds. Monarda is one of the best pollinator-attracting perennials for mid-Atlantic gardens.