Monarda 'Talud'
(Bee Balm 'Talud')
Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - 60cm
Location - The East Border
Description: A tall, herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Mid to dark green leaves are aromatic and ovate to lanceolate in shape. Clusters of bright reddish-pink tubular Blooms are surrounded by a collar of deep purplish-pink Bracts at the base of each cluster. Each flower head has a domed central disc. The flowers are held in whorls on upright stems and are produced from midsummer into early autumn. Good for use as cut flowers and attractive to pollinating insects.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Additional common name - Oswego Tea 'Talud'
The genus Monarda is named for the Spanish botanist and physician Nicolas Monardes (1493-1588). Mr Monardes wrote the first known book on medicinal plants in North America.
Flower:
Clusters of bright reddish-pink tubular blooms are surrounded by a collar of deep purplish-pink bracts at the base of each cluster. Each flower head has a domed central disc. The flowers are held in whorls atop sturdy, upright stems and are produced from July into September.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in whorls
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Aromatic, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on square, upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in reasonably fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.
