Spotted Bee Balm | Monarda punctata Size:3.5" x 5" pot this and swamp milkweed are

this and swamp milkweed are the favorite breeding grounds of the monarch butterfly

while its roots fix nitrogen

and wildlife that depend on early-season catkins and dense riparian canopy

tolerates wet or poorly drained soils

Yerba mate is known to gently support metabolism

Spotted Bee Balm | Monarda punctata Size:3.5" x 5" pot this and swamp milkweed areMonarda punctata doesn't look like anything else in the garden. Stacked whorls of creamy yellow, purple spotted flowers ringed by showy pink to lavender bracts climb the stem in layers, the whole effect looks more like a botanical illustration than a real plant. It blooms late summer into fall when most everything else is winding down, and pollinators know it. Bees, wasps, skippers, monarch butterflies, and hummingbirds all work it heavily. Of all the