Bring vibrant color and fragrance to your garden with Bergamot & Wild Horse Mint Flowering Seeds (Monarda fistulosa). This perennial wildflower produces clusters of lavender to pink blooms with a refreshing minty scent, attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Perfect for flower beds, borders, wildflower gardens, and containers, Monarda is hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant. Easy to grow from seeds, these Non-GMO seeds ensure healthy plants and long-lasting blooms. Add an eco-friendly, low-maintenance touch to your garden while supporting pollinators and wildlife.
Features:
- Aromatic lavender to pink blooms with a minty fragrance
- Attracts pollinators: bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
- Ideal for flower beds, borders, wildflower gardens, and containers
- Drought-tolerant and deer-resistant
- High germination, Non-GMO seeds
Specifications:
- Scientific Name: Monarda fistulosa
- Common Name: Bergamot & Wild Horse Mint
- Plant Type: Perennial wildflower
- Height: 24 to 48 inches (60120 cm)
- Spread: 18 to 24 inches (4560 cm)
- Bloom Time: Mid to late summer
- Flower Colors: Lavender, pink, occasionally white
- Light Requirements: Full sun
- Soil Type: Well-drained, moderately fertile soil
- Water Requirements: Moderate; established plants tolerate dry conditions
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9
- Germination Time: 14 to 28 days
- Planting Depth: inch (0.5 cm)
- Plant Spacing: 18 to 24 inches apart
- Ideal Growing Season: Early spring or late winter sowing
- Temperature for Germination: 65F to 75F (1824C)
- Maintenance Level: Easy
- Uses: Flower beds, borders, wildflower gardens, pollinator gardens, containers
- Planting Guide:
- Seed Preparation: Soak seeds in water for 612 hours to improve germination.
- Sowing: Plant seeds inch deep in well-draining seed-starting soil.
- Light & Temperature: Place in full sun; maintain temperature around 6575F (1824C).
- Watering: Keep soil moist but not waterlogged; reduce watering once seedlings are established.
- Transplanting & Care: Transplant seedlings with 23 true leaves into garden beds, borders, or containers.
- Maintenance: Remove spent flowers to encourage further blooming and prune lightly to maintain shape.
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