Bee Balm

Bee Balm (Monarda) - Border perennials of the simplest culture, thriving in any soil, and suited for borders or for naturalisation in open copses. The red kind scattered through American woods in autumn is very handsome. M. fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) is a robust perennial, 2 to 4 feet high, the flowers variable; the usual color is pale red, and every gradation almost to white may be found in it. M. didyma (Oswego Tea) is robust, about 3 feet high, the deep red flowers, borne in head-like whorls, continuing a long time in summer. M. Kalmiana is a showy plant, often 4 feet high, the deep crimson flowers in dense whorls. To see the true effect of this fine plant it must be massed in groups. In M. purpurea the deep purplish-crimson flowers are smaller. N. America. Division or seed.