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'Pardon My Lavender II' Bee Balm Monarda didyma

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
18" 2'4" 46cm 71cm
Height: 14" - 18"
Spread: 22" - 2'4"
Height: 36cm - 46cm
Spread: 56cm - 71cm
  • Details

    14 - 18 Inches
    22 - 28 Inches
    22 - 28 Inches
    36cm - 46cm
    56cm - 71cm
    56cm - 71cm

    Features

    Tuck this sweet and compact perennial into the front of your flower border where it will create a colorful edge of lavender purple flowers in high summer. Butterflies adore it!

    Fragrant Flower
    Fragrant Foliage
    Attracts: 
    Bees
    Butterflies
    Hummingbirds
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Native to North America

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Perennial
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    14 - 18 Inches 36cm - 46cm
    Spacing: 
    22 - 28 Inches 56cm - 71cm
    Spread: 
    22 - 28 Inches 56cm - 71cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Purple
    Flower Shade: 
    Lavender purple
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Clump Forming
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Summer
    Hardiness Zones: 
    4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Consistent
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Fertile Soil
    Soil PH Category: 
    Alkaline Soil
    Soil PH Category: 
    Neutral Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Cut Flower
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Maintenance Notes: 

    Prefers rich, moist soil and full sun but also grows well in ordinary garden soil and part shade. This hardy selection is mildew resistant.

    'Pardon My Lavender II' Monarda didyma USPP 34,131, Can PBRAF
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    • Pretty flower but year 2 has shown aggressive spread pushing through landscape fabric. The aggressive nature of bee balm rhizome spread had not been contained.

      Jeremy
      , 24 weeks ago
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