Gardeners Swear By Bee Balm—Here’s How to Keep It Thriving originally appeared on Dengarden. Gardeners looking to roll out the red carpet for hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees, need to look no ...

Plant this pollinator-friendly flower after spring's last frost and you'll have fresh blooms come June and July, drawing bees ...

If you’re trying to build a pollinator-friendly garden without overcomplicating things, this is one of the easiest starting ...

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 ...

Once you know how to grow bee balm, you will swiftly come to realise how monarda, or bergamot, came by its common name. This beautiful perennial is one of the best plants for pollinators and just a ...

Bee balm (Monarda didyma) is one of nature's more improbable looking plants. The most common type of bee balm, scarlet bee, is often planted as a hardy perennial in flower beds. The bright red flowers ...

When it comes to landscaping the farmstead or urban homestead, it’s nice to be able to include plants that are both beautiful and functional. Bee balm is a North American wildflower that easily fills ...

How do I treat powdery mildew? Managing white mildew on plants can be challenging. Learn a simple, natural way to keep it at ...

Monarda, commonly known as bee balm, has been a popular garden perennial for many years. Most of the modern hybrids come from two species native to the eastern United States. Today’s cultivars come in ...

* What it is: ‘Purple Rooster’ is a summer-blooming U.S. native perennial that’s different in two ways from most bee balms – 1.) its flowers are violet-purple instead of traditional red, and 2.) it’s ...

Seems a bit hard to believe now, but it wasn’t that long ago folks created their gardens around plants that did not attract bees. My how things change. Of course these days we’ve learned the ...

Planting for Pollinators is the Master Gardener Theme for 2016 and the perfect perennial for your garden that your pollinators will love is bee balm (Monarda). In fact you'll see this blooming now in ...