Organic Spotted Bee Balm Seeds
Spotted bee balm (Monarda punctata)
A versatile perennial native plant that offers numerous benefits for your garden and potential health advantages.
Ecological Benefits:
Weed Control: Helps to suppress unwanted weeds.
Mosquito Repellent: Deters mosquitoes, making your outdoor space more enjoyable.
Pollinator Attraction: A magnet for a variety of pollinators, contributing to biodiversity.
Beneficial Insect Attractor: Acts as a companion plant, drawing in beneficial insects that provide natural pest control for your garden.
Self-Seeding Perennial: Easily propagates itself, ensuring its continued presence in your garden year after year.
Health Benefits:
Antimicrobial and Antifungal: Rich in thymol, which gives it strong antimicrobial and antifungal properties.
Digestive Aid: Can be brewed into a tea to calm upset stomachs and encourage relaxation.
Respiratory Support: Historically employed to alleviate symptoms of colds, coughs, and congestion.
Pain Relief: Poultices made from the leaves may help reduce rheumatic pains and swelling.
Insect Bite Relief: A liniment prepared from spotted bee balm and witch hazel can soothe chigger and other insect bites.
Cultivation:
Sowing: Best sown directly outdoors in the fall.
Method: Surface sow the seeds by gently sprinkling them over the soil, then lightly pressing them in.
Moisture: Maintain consistently moist soil throughout the fall.
Location: Choose a sunny spot that receives morning sun and has warm soil.
Cold Stratification: This plant requires a period of cold stratification over winter for successful germination.
Blooming: Expect blooms from spring through summer.
Spotted bee balm (Monarda punctata)
A versatile perennial native plant that offers numerous benefits for your garden and potential health advantages.
Ecological Benefits:
Weed Control: Helps to suppress unwanted weeds.
Mosquito Repellent: Deters mosquitoes, making your outdoor space more enjoyable.
Pollinator Attraction: A magnet for a variety of pollinators, contributing to biodiversity.
Beneficial Insect Attractor: Acts as a companion plant, drawing in beneficial insects that provide natural pest control for your garden.
Self-Seeding Perennial: Easily propagates itself, ensuring its continued presence in your garden year after year.
Health Benefits:
Antimicrobial and Antifungal: Rich in thymol, which gives it strong antimicrobial and antifungal properties.
Digestive Aid: Can be brewed into a tea to calm upset stomachs and encourage relaxation.
Respiratory Support: Historically employed to alleviate symptoms of colds, coughs, and congestion.
Pain Relief: Poultices made from the leaves may help reduce rheumatic pains and swelling.
Insect Bite Relief: A liniment prepared from spotted bee balm and witch hazel can soothe chigger and other insect bites.
Cultivation:
Sowing: Best sown directly outdoors in the fall.
Method: Surface sow the seeds by gently sprinkling them over the soil, then lightly pressing them in.
Moisture: Maintain consistently moist soil throughout the fall.
Location: Choose a sunny spot that receives morning sun and has warm soil.
Cold Stratification: This plant requires a period of cold stratification over winter for successful germination.
Blooming: Expect blooms from spring through summer.