Gardeners Swear By Bee Balm—Here’s How to Keep It Thriving originally appeared on Dengarden. Gardeners looking to roll out the red carpet for hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees, need to look no ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! These warm, 80 degree F days are still hanging around as we enter mid-October. I have a feeling they are not going to last forever and cool, fall weather ...

Seems a bit hard to believe now, but it wasn’t that long ago folks created their gardens around plants that did not attract bees. My how things change. Of course these days we’ve learned the ...

Bee balm (Monarda didyma) is one of nature's more improbable looking plants. The most common type of bee balm, scarlet bee, is often planted as a hardy perennial in flower beds. The bright red flowers ...

Bee balm attracts valuable pollinators like bees and hummingbirds. It also adds stunning splashes of pink, red, violet, and ...

For many years starting in 1991 up until a few years ago, I was fortunate to have the opportunity each July to lead a field trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway offered as part of the Native Plants ...

One of my favorite parts about growing a medicinal herb garden is discovering just how much healing power is hidden in the plants around us. Bee balm (also known as Monarda) is one of those beautiful ...

COLUMBIA, MD. (WJZ) — Howard County has named "Bee Balm" as their official pollinator plant. Pollinators, which include insects such as bees and butterflies, play an important role in our lives by ...

Pinching or cutting back bee balm early in the season can promote branching and flowering. Late season pruning is best for disease prevention. Diseased plant material should be thrown in the trash or ...

Bee balm, while attractive to pollinators, is highly invasive and difficult to control in garden beds. The author regrets planting multiple varieties of bee balm in close proximity, resulting in the ...

PEORIA – It all started with the bees. In 2010, Ben Mitzelfelt bought four hives, setting two in the backyard of his Peoria home and two on his parents' property in Tremont. “His great-grandfather was ...