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| name = ''Monarda didyma''
 
| name = ''Monarda didyma''
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| image = Bee_balm.jpg
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| common_names = bee balm, oswego tea, horsemint
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| growth_habit = herbaceous
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| image_caption = ''Monarda didyma''
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| high = 1m    <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| wide = 20cm    <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
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| lifespan = perennial{{SSN}}
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| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
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| exposure = sun (light afternoon shade where hot)
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| genus = ''[[Monarda]]''
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| water = moderate, does not like to stand in water    <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| species = '''''M. didyma'''''
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| features = fragrant    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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| binomial = ''Monarda didyma''
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| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
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| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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| range_map = Monarda didyma in the USA.svg
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| usda_zones =     <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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| range_map_width = 240px
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| sunset_zones = 2-11, 14-17, 30-41
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| range_map_caption = U.S. distribution of ''Monarda didyma''
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| color = IndianRed
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| image = Monarda-didyma.JPG  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
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| image_width = 180px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
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| image_caption = Monarda didyma   <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Lamiales
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| familia = Lamiaceae
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| genus = Monarda
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| species = didyma
 
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This plant provides flavor and scent with its leaves and flowers. The Earl Grey tea is scented with this plant.
  
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''Monarda didyma'' ('''Bergamot''', '''Scarlet Beebalm''', '''Scarlet Monarda''', '''Oswego Tea''', or '''Crimson Beebalm''') is an aromatic [[herb]] in the family [[Lamiaceae]], native to eastern [[North America]] from [[Maine]] west to [[Ohio]] and south to northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Its name is derived from its odor which is considered similar to that of the [[bergamot orange]]. The [[binomial nomenclature|scientific name]] comes from [[Nicolas Monardes]], who described the first American flora in [[1569]].
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===Description===
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===Propagation===
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This hardy [[perennial plant]] grows to 0.7-1.5 m in height, with the stems square in cross-section. The [[Leaf|leaves]] are opposite on the square stems, 6-15 cm long and 3-8 cm broad, and dark green with reddish leaf veins and a coarsely-toothed margin; they are glaborous or sparsely pubescent above with spreading hairs below. It has ragged, bright red tubular [[flower]]s 3-4 cm long, borne on showy heads of about 30 together, with reddish bracts. It grows in dense clusters along stream banks, thickets and ditches, flowering from July to late August.
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===Pests and diseases===
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Very sensitive to mold. Do not overwater.
  
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===Cultivation and uses===
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Bergamot is extensively grown as an [[ornamental plant]] both within and outside its native range; it is [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]] further west in the [[United States]] and also in parts of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. It grows best in full sun, but tolerates light shade and will thrive in any moist soil that is well-drained. Several [[cultivar]]s have been selected for different flower color, ranging from white through pink to dark red and purple.
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Scarlet colored: 'Adam'
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Pink colored: 'Croftway Pink', 'Granite Pink', 'Marshall's Delight', 'Snow White'
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Dark red colored: 'Mahogany', 'Cambridge Scarlet'
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'Violet Queen'
  
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The name ''Oswego Tea'' comes from the [[Iroquois|Oswego]] Indians who taught the immigrants how to use it for [[tea]] after the [[Boston tea party]] in [[1773]]. The flowers and leaves are good ingredients for [[potpourri]] making.
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Note that the bergamot herb is ''not'' the source of bergamot oil, used to flavor [[Earl Grey tea]]; that comes from the [[bergamot orange]], a [[Mediterranean]] [[citrus]] [[fruit]].
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==References==  
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==References==
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24535 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Monarda didyma'']
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
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*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Redopp/Monarda_didyma_page.html Missouri Plants: ''Monarda didyma'']
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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*[http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_oswego_tea.htm Oswego tea]
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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* {{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=[[Wild Flowers Worth Knowing]] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
 
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* {{cite book | author=[[Alfred Pink|Pink, A.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892 Gardening for the Million.] | year=[[2004]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
 
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MODI USDA Plants Profile: ''Monarda didyma'']
 
  
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==External links==
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[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
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[[Category:Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains]]
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Revision as of 04:53, 26 June 2009


Monarda didyma


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ [[Lifespan::perennialsn]]
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun (light afternoon shade where hot)"sun (light afternoon shade where hot)" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ◍ moderate, does not like to stand in water"does not like to stand in water" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Features: ✓ fragrant"Fragrant" is not in the list (evergreen, deciduous, flowers, fragrance, edible, fruit, naturalizes, invasive, foliage, birds, ...) of allowed values for the "Features" property.
Sunset Zones: 2-11, 14-17, 30-41
Scientific Names

Lamiaceae >

Monarda >

didyma >


This plant provides flavor and scent with its leaves and flowers. The Earl Grey tea is scented with this plant.

Cultivation

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Propagation

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Pests and diseases

Very sensitive to mold. Do not overwater.

Cultivars

Scarlet colored: 'Adam' Pink colored: 'Croftway Pink', 'Granite Pink', 'Marshall's Delight', 'Snow White' Dark red colored: 'Mahogany', 'Cambridge Scarlet' 'Violet Queen'

Gallery

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