![]() Given its height (2-4 feet), bee balm makes for an excellent background plant in a flower bed. Learn more about plants that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Bumblebees and a few other insects are too big to get into some of the smaller tubular flowers of some bee balms, so the insects practice something called “nectar robbing.” The insects punch a tiny hole at the base of the flower to access the nectar, bypassing the flower’s pollen and “robbing” it of its nectar.īesides attracting pollinators, the seed heads will attract birds in the fall and winter. In the garden, its most frequent visitors are hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies because they have the long tongues required to reach the tubular flowers’ nectar. Flower colors include white, pink, red, lavender, and purple. Slender, tubular flowers are produced in 2- to 3-inch-wide flower heads in June and July. About Bee Balmīee balm is a Native American plant not only known for its attractive scarlet flowers that bloom in the summertime but also its fragrant foliage. This native plant is beloved by hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies! Learn how to plant and grow bee balm. The Audubon Society.A perennial favorite, bee balm ( Monarda spp.), aka wild bergamot, flowers in mid- to late summer. ![]() The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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