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  • Wild Bergamot Native Flower Seeds Flower Seeds Hudson Valley Seed Company and Perennials
  • Wild Bergamot Native Flower Seeds Flower Seeds Hudson Valley Seed Company and Perennials
  • Wild Bergamot Native Flower Seeds Flower Seeds Hudson Valley Seed Company and Perennials

Wild Bergamot Seeds

Wild Bergamot Seeds

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Description

Wild Bergamot is a midsummer meeting place for scent, color, and wildlife. Whorled heads of light lavender tubular flowers rise above aromatic foliage, drawing bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds into the garden.

Also called bee balm, this North American native perennial reaches about 4 feet and brings the easy rhythm of a meadow to sunny borders. Its spicy, oregano-like leaves and flowers can be used in teas or as a fragrant culinary garnish.

  • Botanical name: Monarda fistulosa
  • Secondary name: Bee balm
  • Life cycle: Perennial
  • Hardiness: USDA Zones 4–8
  • Exposure: Full sun to part shade
  • Sowing: Broadcast outdoors in fall or surface sow indoors in spring
  • Planting depth: Surface sow
  • Germination: 5–25 days
  • Mature height: 48 in.
  • Final spacing: 12 in.
  • Approximate seed count: 200

Give the plants room to knit into a fragrant patch; flowering is usually strongest from the second year onward. Find more pollinator-centered choices in our flower seed packets.
Sowing & Growing Instructions

Broadcast outdoors about eight weeks before the first fall frost, or surface sow indoors 4–6 weeks before the last spring frost. Press the tiny seeds into the surface without burying them and maintain even moisture and light.

Germination is typically 5–25 days under the source conditions. Transplant seedlings outdoors in spring or summer 6–8 weeks after sowing, spacing plants about 12 inches apart.

Choose full sun or part shade and allow time for perennial roots to establish; plants often wait until their second year to flower. Harvest unsprayed leaves and flowers lightly for tea or culinary use while leaving plenty for pollinators.
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