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Flower
Lemon Bee Balm
Monarda citriodora
Texas native wildflower with tiered lavender blooms and lemony leaves. Reseeds readily.
Recommended uses
- Wildflower areas
- Pollinator gardens
- Plant type
- Annual flower
- Annual / perennial
- Annual
- Evergreen / deciduous
- Deciduous
- Sun
- Full sun
- Shade tolerance
- Low
- Water needs
- Low
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Bloom color
- Purple, Pink
- Mature height
- 1–2 ft
- Mature width
- 1 ft
- Maintenance
- Low
- Texas heat tolerance
- High
- Drought tolerance
- High