Wild bergamot / bee balm - Monarda fistulosa
Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. Deer resistant!
2-5’ tall with large pink/purple flower heads
Blooms May - Sept
Adaptable - grows in full sun to part shade, tolerates most soil types and most wetness levels, save for extremely wet and extremely dry.
Edible leaves and flowers! Boil dried leaves for tea! Use dried leaves and flower heads for potpourri!
from wildflower.org: “Long ago, oil from the leaves was used to treat respiratory ailments. (Niering) Amerindians used leaf tea for colic, flatulence, colds, fevers, stomach aches, nosebleeds, insomnia, & heart trouble. For measles used to induce sweating; pulticed leaves for headaches. (Foster & Duke) Boiled dried plant to extract oil which was inhaled to relieve bronchial complaints, tea of plant used to reduce low fevers, to sooth sore throat, headache and colds, oil used to dry up pimples, boiled leaves applied directly to pimples. (Weiner) Tea from flower clusters used for fevers and colds, tea made from leaves used for coughs and whooping cough, boiled leaves placed in soft cloth placed over sore eyes and pimples, tea of leaves or flowers for adominal pain and to sooth the kidneys. (Kindscher) Infuse as a tea to relieve nausea, flatulence, menstrual pain and insomnia. Tru steam inhalation for bronchial catarrh and sore throats. (Bremness)”
Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. Deer resistant!
2-5’ tall with large pink/purple flower heads
Blooms May - Sept
Adaptable - grows in full sun to part shade, tolerates most soil types and most wetness levels, save for extremely wet and extremely dry.
Edible leaves and flowers! Boil dried leaves for tea! Use dried leaves and flower heads for potpourri!
from wildflower.org: “Long ago, oil from the leaves was used to treat respiratory ailments. (Niering) Amerindians used leaf tea for colic, flatulence, colds, fevers, stomach aches, nosebleeds, insomnia, & heart trouble. For measles used to induce sweating; pulticed leaves for headaches. (Foster & Duke) Boiled dried plant to extract oil which was inhaled to relieve bronchial complaints, tea of plant used to reduce low fevers, to sooth sore throat, headache and colds, oil used to dry up pimples, boiled leaves applied directly to pimples. (Weiner) Tea from flower clusters used for fevers and colds, tea made from leaves used for coughs and whooping cough, boiled leaves placed in soft cloth placed over sore eyes and pimples, tea of leaves or flowers for adominal pain and to sooth the kidneys. (Kindscher) Infuse as a tea to relieve nausea, flatulence, menstrual pain and insomnia. Tru steam inhalation for bronchial catarrh and sore throats. (Bremness)”
Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. Deer resistant!
2-5’ tall with large pink/purple flower heads
Blooms May - Sept
Adaptable - grows in full sun to part shade, tolerates most soil types and most wetness levels, save for extremely wet and extremely dry.
Edible leaves and flowers! Boil dried leaves for tea! Use dried leaves and flower heads for potpourri!
from wildflower.org: “Long ago, oil from the leaves was used to treat respiratory ailments. (Niering) Amerindians used leaf tea for colic, flatulence, colds, fevers, stomach aches, nosebleeds, insomnia, & heart trouble. For measles used to induce sweating; pulticed leaves for headaches. (Foster & Duke) Boiled dried plant to extract oil which was inhaled to relieve bronchial complaints, tea of plant used to reduce low fevers, to sooth sore throat, headache and colds, oil used to dry up pimples, boiled leaves applied directly to pimples. (Weiner) Tea from flower clusters used for fevers and colds, tea made from leaves used for coughs and whooping cough, boiled leaves placed in soft cloth placed over sore eyes and pimples, tea of leaves or flowers for adominal pain and to sooth the kidneys. (Kindscher) Infuse as a tea to relieve nausea, flatulence, menstrual pain and insomnia. Tru steam inhalation for bronchial catarrh and sore throats. (Bremness)”