Grow & Use Spotted Bee Balm (Horsemint) - Unruly Gardening
WEBJul 25, 2022 · Spotted bee balm (Monarda punctata) is a stellar pollinator plant in the mint family which attracts all kinds of native bees and butterflies to your garden. As a bonus, the plant has use as an edible herbal too!
Horsemint - Gardening Solutions
WEBHorsemint’s pink-, purple-, or crème-colored bracts are often mistaken for flowers. Some bracts are spotted, offering this species another common name, “spotted horsemint.” The true flowers are small and rest just above the colorful bracts.
Monarda citriodora - Wikipedia
WEBMonarda citriodora is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is native to the southern United States [2] and northern Mexico. [1] [3] Common names include lemon beebalm, [4] [2] lemon mint (this may also apply to Eau de Cologne mint or Melissa officinalis) and purple horsemint.
Foraging Texas: Horsemint/Lemon Bee Balm
WEBHorsemint flowers start out white with dark spots inside their "throats" but then these flowers turn yellowish while the spots remain unchanged. Lemon bee balm flowers are pink/purple and stay that color until the flower begins drying out.
Monarda punctata - Wikipedia
WEBMonarda punctata is a herbaceous plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is native to eastern Canada, the eastern United States and northeastern Mexico. Common names include spotted beebalm and horsemint .
Lemon Mint/Purple Horse Mint - Texas A&M University
WEBA hardy annual or tender perennial native to the midwest and southern United States. A typical member of the Mint family with its distinctive square stems. Flowers are arranged in whorls stair-stepping up a single stem. Blooms are deep purple to …
Monarda Citriodora Care: How To Grow Horsemint Plant - Plant …
WEBMonarda Citriodora (Horsemint Plant) attractive purple-colored flowers, distinctive scent reminiscent of lemons, spreads easily, short life. [DETAILS]
Horsemint (Spotted bee balm) - Native Plants and Ecosystem …
WEBPale yellow flowers with maroon spots are less visible than the white to pale pink leaves that surround them. It bloomed throughout August. Plants remained short and branched out by the third growing season. A large number did not overwinter from their second to third season of growth.
Monarda citriodora - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
WEBMonarda citriodora, commonly called lemon mint, lemon beebalm, lemon horsemint, purple horsemint or lemon bergamot, is a hardy annual (sometimes biennial) that is typically found in rocky or sandy prairies, pastures and roadsides from South Carolina and Florida west to Missouri, Texas and Mexico.
Monarda citriodora - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant …
WEBPurple Horsemint. Phonetic Spelling. mo-NAR-da sih-tri-OH-dor-ah. Description. Lemon beebalm is an annual or biennial in the mint (Lamiaceae) family native to southern USA and northern Mexico. It has spread eastward and can be found in several southern states.