Monarda 'Purple Rooster' Bee Balm

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Size

Description

Monarda didyma 'Purple Rooster' produces large, eye-catching blooms of royal purple atop mildew-resistant plants. Also known as Bee Balm, Monarda 'Purple Rooster' forms bushy, nicely branched plants that do not need staking.

Monarda 'Purple Rooster' is a cultivar M. didyma, a perennial, which is native to the central and eastern United States as far south as Georgia and northward into Canada. It is naturally found in bottomlands, thickets, wet meadows, moist open woods and disturbed sites.

Monarda 'Purple Rooster' prefers sun to light shade and moist to wet soil, including clay. It is resistant to heat, humidity, and most pests. Like other Bee Balm, it spreads via rhizomes.

Characteristics

  • Common Names: Bee Balm
  • Zones: 4-9
  • Light Requirements: Full Sun to Light Shade
  • Soil Preference: Prefers moist to wet soil
  • Height at Maturity: 24-36
  • Width at Maturity: 26
  • Bloom Color: Purple
  • Bloom Time: Middle to late summer
  • Foliage Color: Green

Special Features

  • Attracts: Butterflies. Hummingbirds. Pollinators.
  • Tolerates: Deer. Rabbits. Clay Soil. Juglone.
  • Other Features: Cut Flower. Native to North America.

Care and Growing Tips

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Shipping Info

 

All orders placed now will ship in Spring 2024 unless requested otherwise.

    • Zones 9&10: Starting March 25th
    • Zone 8: Starting April 1st
    • Zone 7: Starting April 8th
    • Zone 6: Starting April 22nd
    • Zone 5: Starting May 6th
    • Zones 4-2: Starting May 13th

If you live in a warm climate and wish to receive your plants during the winter, please send us an email. Please note that we may be unable to fulfill your request if temperatures are too cold for safe transit or if the plants are dormant.

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All ship times are subject to change if extreme weather conditions are present here at the nursery or at the shipping destination.

Please note: Depending on the time of year, the foliage of the plants may be trimmed to fit into our shipping boxes. This could delay the flowering of the plant, but many perennials actually benefit from being cut back.

We are currently not able to ship to Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and outside of the US.