Spotted Bee Balm Plugs (Native)

2" wide, 4" deep plugs. $3 per plug, or $75 for a tray of 38 plugs. These native flowers will bloom for the later half of the summer. They will grow to 1-2 ft wide, 2-3ft tall. Full sun. These plug trays are the most efficient way to get a garden quickly going. Attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies with these long blooming plants. Deer resistant. Can deliver. Located in Selden. Spotted Bee Balm (also called Dotted Mint or Dotted Horsemint) prefers sandy soils and full to part sun. This Monarda is more tolerant of drought and intense sun than most in the genera. Monarda punctata is usually found in sand prairies, hill prairies, and Oak savannas. It is an eccentric beauty in form and color with complex blossoms topping 2’ stems in hues of pinkish-purple, green, beige, and maroon. These blossoms attract honeybees, bumblebees, and many butterflies, including Karner Blue butterfly. Spotted Bee Balm is also one of the host plants for the Raspberry pyrausta butterfly. The scent of this plant is repugnant to deer so is rarely consumed by them.