If you’re trying to build a pollinator-friendly garden without overcomplicating things, this is one of the easiest starting ...

Plant this pollinator-friendly flower after spring's last frost and you'll have fresh blooms come June and July, drawing bees ...

Wild bergamot, or bee balm, doesn’t always need pruning, but cutting stems and flowers off your plants at the right time can reduce issues, make your plants grow bushier, and cause them to flower ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! These warm, 80 degree F days are still hanging around as we enter mid-October. I have a feeling they are not going to last forever and cool, fall weather ...

Bee balm is a must for summer gardens because it provides a month or more of colorful blooms. Several monarda species -- including red-flowered M. didyma and lavender-flowered M. fistulosa -- are ...

Bee balm is a pretty perennial lavender-colored flower native to Wisconsin prairies. It goes by a few other names including monarda, wild bergamot and Oswego tea. The Latin name is Monarda fistulosa.

For many years starting in 1991 up until a few years ago, I was fortunate to have the opportunity each July to lead a field trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway offered as part of the Native Plants ...