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Monardella odoratissima
Little Bee Balm

Category
Perennials

Description
Perennial forming mounds to 1 foot tall and wide. Mint scented foliage. Lavendar balls of flowers attract butterflies and other insects. A beautiful border plant.

Soil
Well drained.

Exposure
Full Sun to Part Sun/Part Shade

Water Requirement
1

Hardiness (map)
4 to 8

User Reviews
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Mike Nordberg - Salt Lake City - UT - Z 6 -

This is a great plant. The plants form low mounds that erupt with pink flowers in the late summer. Very strongly scented, it smells like pennyroyal. Should be quite cold hardy as I have found it above 10k feet in the Wasatch, but it also does well at 4,300 feet in a hotter climate.