![]() ![]() This hybrid is only a few years old, and delights bees and other insects with its magenta-coloured flowers and fragrant foliage. Monarda ‘Bee Happy’: is a compact variety only growing up to about 60cm tall.It originates from England and grows between 80 and 100cm tall. Monarda ‘Beauty of Cobham’: this variety has contrasting flowers in pale pink with dark purple-red bracts.Here are some of the most beautiful Monarda species and varieties: It is much harder to find the pure species, such as crimson bee balm ( Monarda didyma), also known as scarlet monarda. The most common varieties of Monarda available are Monarda didyma x fistulosa hybrids. Bee balm, like the ‘Beauty of Cobham’ variety shown here, flower from June to October The most beautiful species and varieties The flowers’ long-lasting beauty attracts bees and other pollinators throughout the summer. Depending on the variety and species, bee balm plants can grow anywhere from 40 to 150cm tall, with blossom colours ranging from white to pink, salmon, violet, or red. A collar of bracts surrounds these clusters of lipped flowers. The bergamot’s flowers appear to be a single large flower with many petals, but they are actually a group of flowers clustered together in dense whorls. Depending on the variety, bee balm’s flowering period begins in June and can last until October. It forms many unbranched, square stems with hairy, lanceolate leaves with serrated margins. Perennial bee balm grows as a bush and is partly stoloniferous. Despite the name, it is not related to the true bergamot ( Citrus bergamia), though the leaves do have a similar fruity, citrusy scent. ![]() ![]() Monarda is known by several other names, the most common of which is bee balm, followed by wild bergamot, bergamot flower, and horsemint, to name a few. The Monarda plant belongs to the Lamiaceae family and originally comes from North America, where native Americans used this wild bergamot to make Oswego tea. Monarda: flower, characteristics and origin Powdery mildew on bee balm: what to do?.Planting Monarda: location and procedure.The most beautiful species and varieties.Monarda: flower, characteristics and origin. ![]()
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