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Alabama
Wild Bergamot in flower
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Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

It grows wild in 34 of Alabama’s 67 counties.

Light
Part shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to moist soil
Size
3 ft to 4 ft tall, 2.5 ft wide
Flowers
Pink and purple
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
Woody roots; wants 4 in of soil
Kind
Shrub
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Wild Bergamot, drawn in a bed

in flowerfruit or seedfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Caterpillars
10 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
37 kinds of native bees
On its flowers
Two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus), Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis), Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens), Black-and-gold bumble bee (Bombus auricomus)

Grows well with

Calico Aster3 ft tallNew Jersey Tea2.5 ft tallBluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallNew England Aster4 ft tallRobin's-plantain1.5 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Monarda fistulosa.