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'Leading Lady Razzberry' Bee Balm Monarda hybrid

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
14" 2'4" 36cm 71cm
Height: 10" - 14"
Spread: 22" - 2'4"
Height: 25cm - 36cm
Spread: 56cm - 71cm
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  • Details

    10 - 14 Inches
    22 - 28 Inches
    22 - 28 Inches
    25cm - 36cm
    56cm - 71cm
    56cm - 71cm

    Features

    Tuck this early blooming bee balm into the front of your flower border to create a colorful swath of bright raspberry purple flowers. Butterflies and hummingbirds will adore it!

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    Fragrant Flower
    Fragrant Foliage
    Attracts: 
    Bees
    Butterflies
    Hummingbirds
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Native to North America

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Perennial
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    10 - 14 Inches 25cm - 36cm
    Spacing: 
    22 - 28 Inches 56cm - 71cm
    Spread: 
    22 - 28 Inches 56cm - 71cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Purple
    Flower Shade: 
    Bright raspberry purple
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Clump Forming
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Summer
    Hardiness Zones: 
    4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Fertile Soil
    Soil PH Category: 
    Alkaline Soil
    Soil PH Category: 
    Neutral Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Cut Flower
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Maintenance Notes: 

    Prefers rich, moist soil and full sun but also grows well in ordinary garden soil and part shade. Provide good air circulation to prevent disease.

    'Leading Lady Razzberry' Monarda hybrid USPP 34,130, Can PBRAF
  • 2 Reviews

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    • I have grown this plant for two years. The first year the bunnies ate it down to the dirt. This year I am happy to report the plant is growing and blooming to my delight. Its an unusual color and a great addition to the front of the garden.

      Lizzee31
      , New Hampshire
      , United States
      , 15 weeks ago
    • This Razzberry monarda is a fantastic monarda for our SE Mi garden. It blooms profusely, and I have never in the two years we've grown them seen any mildew. It also does propagate easily in the moist soil that it likes, and spreads some, but slowly. Keep deadheading when blooms are just spent and you will be rewarded with more blooms until frost.

      Terri
      , Michigan
      , United States
      , 1 year ago
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    2022 Top Performer Michigan State University
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