![]() Leaves may be used to make herbal teas or may be added to potpourris. Also effective in hummingbird or butterfly gardens. Garden Usesīedding plant, cottage gardens, herb gardens, native plant areas, prairies, roadsides or waste areas. Susceptibility to foliar diseases in general increases if plants are grown in dry soils or are allowed to dry out. Powdery mildew can be a serious problem with some of the monardas. Some monardas are commonly called beebalm in reference to a prior use of the leaves as a balm for bee stings. Leaves have a distinctive lemony aroma when rubbed. Flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, particularly when massed. Unlike most mints, it spreads via above-ground runners (rooting where they make contact with the ground), not underground rhizomes, making the plant somewhat less invasive than most members of this species. Each flower stem typically has 2 to 6 interrupted flower clusters, with each cluster being subtended by white to pink-lavender bracts. The flowers of Margarita mint, though small, are a nice lilac or purple. Flower clusters appear on stiff square stems clad with narrow lanceolate to oblong, awn-tipped, serrate leaves (to 2.5” long). Tubular, scented, two-lipped, light lavender to pink to white flowers bloom in dense, globular, head-like clusters from spring to mid-summer. ![]() ![]() Monarda citriodora, commonly called lemon beebalm, lemon mint, lemon horsemint, purple horsemint or lemon bergamot, is a hardy annual (sometimes biennial) that is typically found in rocky or sandy prairies, pastures and roadsides. Plants may form large colonies in optimum growing conditions. This plant will remain in the garden from year to year by self-seeding. Prefers limestone-rich, rocky or sandy soils, but tolerates other soils. ![]() #Mint with purple flowers full#
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