Bee Balm 'Spotted'
Monarda punctata
4-inch pot
 
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 mammalian herbivores so is rarely consumed by them.
 
Makes excellent cut flowers, yellow in color and blooms summer to fall. Remove spent flowers to improve plant appearance and possibly to prolong bloom. Spreads by runners to form large clumps, but is not considered to be too aggressive.

Attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds and, of course, bees.
 
Herbaceous perennial
Zones 3-8
Full to part sun
Grows 1.5-2 ft. tall x .75-1 ft. wide