Season: Perennial/Annual
Height: 1-3 Feet
Bloom Season: Spring/Summer/Fall
Environment: Full Sun/Partial Sun
Zones: 6-10 (As Perennial)
All regions of North America (As Annual)
Lemon Mint Monarda Citriodora has several common names including Lemon Beebalm, Lemon Horsemint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Bee Balm, Lemon Bergamot, and Purple Horse Mint. It is a hardy annual or tender perennial native to the Midwest and southern United States. Lemon Mint is a long flowering wildflower with fragrant, curved, tubular flowers in purple to pink.
Lemon Mint Monarda Citriodora has the scent of lemon and is excellent as a bedding plant or in the butterfly garden or hummingbird garden. The small petals are white or lavender often dotted with purple and very aromatic with a pleasant, citrus aroma when the leaves are crushed. The leaves can be brewed for tea and, when crushed, can make an insect repellent.
The plant is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.
The plant is excellent for cutting.
The plant is fragrant.
PLANTING
Sow Inside: Before last frost
Sow Outside: Spring/Fall
Seed Depth: 1/16 Inch
Days to Emerge: 10-30
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