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Lamiaceae
Lavender Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Health and protection.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Monarda
- Native to
- North America
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 2-4 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- well-drained, average to dry
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 3-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The genus is named after Nicolas Monardes, a 16th-century Spanish physician who wrote about New World plants.
- Native Americans used it to brew a medicinal tea known as Oswego tea for treating colds and fevers.
- Its flowers are magnets for hummingbirds, butterflies, and long-tongued bees.
- The leaves contain thymol, the same antiseptic compound found in commercial mouthwash.
- It naturally resists powdery mildew better than its red-flowered relative Monarda didyma.
Color meanings
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healing
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protection
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virtue