Lemon Bee Balm Seed
Description
Attracts bees, birds and butterflies, and makes sensational tea. This is a lemon-flavored variety, also an heirloom. Superb tea plant with striking pink-purple flowers that make soothing tea or an enchanting, fragrant cottage-garden bouquet. Because seeds are sown very shallowly, take care to keep moist until sprouts appear. Cut plants back after flowering to encourage re-blooming. Rhizomes will spread, giving you free plants you can divide every few years. Perennial. Photo courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seed.
- Days to germinate: 7-14
- Days to maturity: Begins blooming in early summer through late summer
- Start indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost. Sow 1/8” deep in sterile planting medium
- Transplant spacing: 12-15”
- Sow outdoors when temperatures reach 40º
- Seed spacing: 12”
- Seed depth: 1/8”
- Produce size: 1” flowers, 3-6” leaves
- Yield: Depends upon length of growing season
- Mature plant height: 24-48”
- Suitable for container growing: No
- Year of discovery: Unknown; native to eastern North America
Tools & Supplies
Having the proper tools and supplies when growing your own can make the difference between a good harvest and a great harvest! Here's a list that our experts recommend for this variety.
