Grape Gumball® Bee Balm
Monarda ‘Grape Gumball’ PP27,498
20–24″ tall; 18–24″ wide
Zone 4
Full to part sun
Original price was: $20.$17Current price is: $17.
Grape Gumball® Bee Balm is a compact, well-behaved cultivar closely related to Wyoming’s wild bee balm, offering the same pollinator value in a more garden-friendly form. It forms a tight, rounded clump rather than spreading aggressively, making it easy to incorporate into smaller garden spaces. Rich grape-purple blooms appear in mid to late summer and are highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Compared to older bee balm types, Grape Gumball® shows improved resistance to powdery mildew, especially when grown in full sun with good air circulation. It thrives in average to moderately moist soils and provides bold color and native character without the maintenance challenges of traditional monarda.
Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these. These plants are adapted to intermittent deep
watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care. These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that
they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant
death. About sizes of our plants:
Sizes indicated with a # are roughly the equivalent in gallonage; so a #2 is about a 2 gallon pot size; b&b stands for balled and burlapped.