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Bergamot Cotton Candy in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Monarda 'Cotton Candy'

 

Bergamot 'Cotton Candy'

Monarda - or Bee Balm, or Bergamot - is a tall, upright growing flowering perennial, with flower heads that consist of many tubular flowers that are a magnet for bees. Leaves are mid green and aromatic. 'Cotton Candy' bears light pink buds that open to fragrant pale pink flowers.

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plant Features
  • Bergamot Cotton Candy likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Bergamot Cotton Candy likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Bergamot Cotton Candy is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Bergamot Cotton Candy likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Bergamot 'Cotton Candy'

Latin name

Monarda 'Cotton Candy'

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Lamiaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Bergamot Cotton Candy likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Bergamot Cotton Candy is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Bergamot Cotton Candy likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Bergamot Cotton Candy likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Bergamot Cotton Candy is 0.45meters x 0.40meters 0.45 M 0.40 M

Monarda 'Cotton Candy'

Monarda - or Bee Balm, or Bergamot - is a tall, upright growing flowering perennial, with flower heads that consist of many tubular flowers that are a magnet for bees. Leaves are mid green and aromatic. 'Cotton Candy' bears light pink buds that open to fragrant pale pink flowers.


Sow seed under glass

From Late Summer TO Mid Autumn

Sow seed under glass on the surface of compost and sprinkle lightly to cover, keep moist but not wet.

 

Sow seed under glass

From Late Winter TO Late Spring

Sow seed under glass on the surface of compost and sprinkle lightly to cover, keep moist but not wet.

 

Planting outdoors

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Sow seed under glass on the surface of compost and sprinkle lightly to cover, keep moist but not wet.

 

Flowering season

From Early Summer TO Early Autumn

The flower heads consist of many tubular flowers. The flowering season is from early summer to early Autumn

 
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