| Scientific Name: | Monarda didyma cvs. |
| Common Name: | bee balm |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Herb, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest, Tall background, Waterside planting |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems four sided; leaves opposite, margins serrate, petioles red, scented like bergamot orange; inflorescence a dense globular, terminal verticillaster (head-like with some cvs. superficially like coneflower), outer florets 3-4cm long. | |