Spotted Horsemint
📚 Monarda punctata
Family: Lamiaceae
🍽 Edible 💊 Medicinal 🐝 Pollinator 🦌 Deer Resistant
Full sun
Sunlight
Low
Water Needs
Moderate
Growth Rate
2.50'
Height
18
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🌿 About
Spotted Horsemint is a striking native perennial with showy, tiered whorls of purple-spotted yellow flowers. Its aromatic leaves release a scent reminiscent of thyme and oregano. This tough plant thrives in poor, sandy soils and is a magnet for pollinators.
📍 Native to: Eastern and central North America, from Ontario and New York south to Florida and west to Texas and Minnesota
✅ Harmful or Beneficial
✓ Edible Parts ✓ Medicinal Uses 🐝 Good for Pollinators 🦌 Deer Resistant ☀️ Drought Tolerant ✓ Safe for Humans 🐾 Pet Safe
Excellent for low-maintenance, drought-tolerant gardens and pollinator habitats. Its deep taproot helps stabilize sandy soils, and its long bloom period supports bees and butterflies from summer into fall.
🍽 Edible parts: leaves, flowers
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🌱 Care & Growing Conditions
🪨 Soil: Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, dry soils.
Full sun to partial shade; moderate watering, allow soil to dry between waterings; well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates heat and humidity, hardy to -30°F
✂️ Propagation
Easily propagated by seed (cold stratification improves germination) or by division in spring. Stem cuttings can also root in moist sand.
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Provides nectar for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds; larval host for several moth species. Its aromatic foliage deters herbivores.
🤝 Companion plants: Echinacea, Rudbeckia, Asclepias, Schizachyrium, Liatris
🔬 Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
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