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See Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot in the Landscape. Also, some cultivars have shown a fair amount of resistance to powdery mildew (where fair is defined as less than half the plants studied dying from the disease).

Avoid overhead watering to minimize mildew. Plants are susceptible to powdery mildew and rust. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems:

Flowers are two-lipped, elongated, thin corolla tubes.

Inflorescence is leafy-bracketed, dense glomerules.

Leaves are coarse, pubescent, minute axillary leafy shoots.

Stems are erect and square with opposite leaves.

It is used in herbal medicine, and its flowers are edible. Blossoms attract bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies, and the leaves have a minty aroma when crushed.īee balm provides color and contrast for the perennial border, cottage garden, specimen planting, native and pollinator garden, meadow, naturalized planting, and along ponds or streams.

Bee balm can reach a height of 4 feet and will spread rapidly by underground stolons.

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This plant prefers moist, well-drained soils and full sun but will tolerate some shade.

Native to the North Carolina mountains, it may be seen along the Blue Ridge Parkway flowering during the summer months. Phonetic Spelling mo-NAR-da DID-ee-mah Descriptionīee balm is an herbaceous perennial in the Lamiaceae (mint) family.