Garden Plant: Purple Rooster Bee Balm
Purple Rooster Bee Balm
Product Description: Purple Rooster Bee Balm
Full Sun for Purple Blooms
Monarda (Bee Balm) Purple Rooster, Monarda didyma \’Purple Rooster’, is a native, clump-forming plant of the Mint family.
\’Purple Rooster’ will really “strut its stuff” in the landscape with its deep wine colored flowers that appear as “raspberries” in bud stage.
This Bee Balm is easy to grow, multiplies quickly, and is native of eastern North America; has minty aromatic foliage often used to flavor teas.
Bee Balm has a tendency to become invasive, so in order to keep plants healthy and vigorous, division is necessary every few years, and should be done in the spring.
Although it will grow in average soil, it does enjoy the rich organic moist soil along riverbanks. In spring, remove dead foliage only. In fall, cut back to 6″ and dead-head spent flowers. Deadheading spent blooms will prolong the bloom time.
\’Purple Rooster’ will offer its extravagant presence when planted in your garden!
- Violet-Purple Blooms All Summer
- Hardy and Adaptable
- Attracts Bees and Butterflies
- Deer and Rabbit Resistant