Although hummingbirds may love drinking sugar water from feeders near the windows of our homes, nectar-rich flowers are even better for them. So, if you want to attract these winged daredevils to your ...

Gardeners Swear By Bee Balm—Here’s How to Keep It Thriving originally appeared on Dengarden. Gardeners looking to roll out the red carpet for hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees, need to look no ...

A single hummingbird can visit up to 2,000 flowers a day during the spring and summer months, and it is always fascinating to observe these birds as they dart and dash from flower to flower. Their ...

Around here, we never know what kind of wildlife we’ll see each morning. A couple of mornings recently, we saw a group of deer romping and playing. This morning, I saw a squirrel running up a tree in ...

Monarda didyma, or the familiar but less colorful lavender Monarda fistulosa, is sometimes referred to as wild bergamot, horsemint or bee balm. A wild-growing and fast-spreading perennial native to ...

Many native plants are good to have in your garden but are not always the most impressive looking. Monarda is an exception to this belief since it produces an abundance of colorful flowers during ...

Monarda didyma, commonly called bee balm, bergamot and Oswego tea, is an attractive and nectar-rich native plant for a rain garden, herb garden or perennial bed. Bee balm is in the mint family ...

I’m not sure what I have called it most often over the years, but I’ve used all three of the most common names: monarda, wild bergamot and bee balm. I probably like bee balm the best because it ...

FOMO, or fear of missing out is real, and for plant lovers, fear of missing out on a beautiful plant keeps us searching for new plants to incorporate into our gardens and landscapes. Until recently, a ...