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Pollinator magnet |
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Powerfully fragrant leaves |
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Pink bracts and creamy white to yellow flowers with purple spots |
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Colonizes in a low stand |
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Excellent for meadows and naturalistic plantings |
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Gained in popularity in recent years |
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North Creek's seasonal tour "Plant of Interest" winner |
A valuable ecological species, Monarda punctata is the equivalent of a juice bar at the gym for nectar loving/needing insects! BONUS, it also resists all other kinds of mites that could impact the bees because it is incredibly high in thymol. If you are in the area where the endangered Karner Blue still resides, you will be helping restore them to safe status by planting a stand of Monarda punctata, as this is their food mothership.
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Monarda punctata LP50 - 50 per flat | Availability |
Height24-30 Inches |
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Spread12 Inches |
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Spacing12 Inches |
Bloom ColorPink, White |
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-9 |
We adore the genus Monarda for so many of its wonderful properties including fragrance, ease of growing, willingness to naturalize an area reliably and all of the wonderful things that it can do for beneficial insects and pollinators. We sought out a native Monarda to add to our ecological line and landed swiftly on Monarda punctata. It produces an aromatic stand that ranges in heights from 6" to just shy of 3' tall. In bud, it forms saffron-colored rosettes in whorls along the top half of the stem. When the whorls release, watercolor-painted petals with little freckles are exposed and later mature to a soft pinkish-dawn color. These painted petals hold at the end of the flower spike for weeks upon weeks as they peek out through what appears to be leaf bracts.
Best in dry to average, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Tolerates somewhat poor or sandy soils and some drought. Ideal for meadows and other naturalistic plantings. Readily self-seeds to establish a population in open soils.
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