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 ...

The colorful, adaptable wildflower bee balm plants make a great addition to flower beds, cottage gardens, tall borders, and herb gardens. But what should you plant with it? The list below includes ...

They die back in the winter and return every spring. Popular sun-loving perennials include salvia, the so-called butterfly ...

I bought the herb labeled “Bee Balm” on a lark. I planted the small ground hugging perennial that summer and watched it spread into a patch of green. When the second year arrived it bloomed in huge ...

Many a beautiful perennial blooms in our summer gardens. These are five of my reliable favorites. Let’s begin with bee balm (monarda). This interesting, attractive, rather self-reliant perennial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Light purple bee balm blooms and green foliage - Marcin Perkowski/Shutterstock Bee balm (Monarda didyma) is a stunning perennial ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Planting for Pollinators is the Master Gardener Theme for 2016 and the perfect perennial for your garden ...

I’VE BANISHED most perennials from my garden in an ongoing attempt to make the place less fussy and labor-intensive. While I’ve scarcely missed day lilies or asters, monarda is one of the few ...

Bee balm is a pretty perennial lavender-colored flower native to Wisconsin prairies. It goes by a few other names including monarda, wild bergamot and Oswego tea. The Latin name is Monarda fistulosa.