Eastern Bee Balm, Bradbury's Bee Balm | Monarda bradburiana Size:3.5" x 5" pot Yerba Mate* (Ilex Paraguariensis)

Yerba Mate* (Ilex Paraguariensis)

Tour and Q&A led by land stewards Brooke & Chris Phillips and herbalist and health coach Cora Hrebec

and permaculture gardens

and its medicinal properties

USDA Zone: 3–8 (short-lived perennial

Eastern Bee Balm, Bradbury's Bee Balm | Monarda bradburiana Size:3.5" x 5" pot Yerba Mate* (Ilex Paraguariensis)If powdery mildew has kept you from growing bee balm before, this is the one. Monarda bradburiana is the compact, early blooming, mildew resistant member of the genus a clump former that stays tidy at 1218 inches, doesn't run, and blooms in May through July, weeks ahead of other monardas, bridging the gap between spring and summer pollinator plants. The flowers are soft lilac pink with distinctive purple spots on the lower petals, carried on dark