Monarda bradburiana ‘Midnight Oil’
Monarda bradburiana 'Midnight Oil' is an uncommon bee balm with pink and cream tubular flowers on green to burgundy leaves.
Monarda bradburiana is an uncommon beebalm species that hails from eastern North America. It is a short plant to just two feet with beautiful, tubular, two-lipped, pinkish to whitish, purple-spotted flowers in the classic beebalm clusters. The flower heads are subtended by a whorl of showy, purple-tinged leafy bracts. The toothed, aromatic, oblong foliage is, in the case of ‘Midnight Oil’, a rich burgundy in the young foliage. Clump forming. Pollinator attractor. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Eastern Beebalm
Family: Lamiaceae (The Mint Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Foliage Colour: Burgundy/Red/Purple, Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Drought Tolerant
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Fragrance: Yes
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Benefits: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Dry scrub, prairies and woodland.
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