How to Use bee balm in a Sentence

bee balm

noun
  • Want to know just how hardy bee balm is?
    — Lauren David, Martha Stewart, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Squash bugs tend to avoid plants like catnip, marigolds, nasturtiums, and bee balm.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2024
  • This includes plants like bee balm, black-eyed Susan, columbine, foxglove, and lupine.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Stop the presses and throw all of your preconceived notions about the monarda or bee balm out the door.
    — Norman Winter, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
  • Red bee balm An easy plant to care for that usually expands into a large patch by its roots.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2023
  • Some of these flowering plants include bee balms, columbine flowers, daylilies, lupines and petunias.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Pest-repelling herbs like bee balm, yarrow, lavender, rosemary, and thyme can help protect your garden.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Use these vines, bee balm, and catmint to attract pollinators and fill in your garden.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Some of her favorite plants to add to attract hummingbirds are bee balm, lupine, salvia, columbine and penstemon.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Even in clay soils, bee balm will spread quickly, so keep an eye on it and divide your patch every couple of years in the early spring.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Twenty-two plants are included as nectar sources from bee balm and gaura to phlox and verbena.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 2 July 2019
  • Her choices for container gardens include mints such as the wild bergamot and spotted bee balm.
    — Robert Knox, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • Leave some seed-bearing stems from bee balm, strawflowers, sunflowers, and even zinnias for bird food over winter.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
  • With bright red, pink or purple blooms full of nectar, bee balm is practically irresistible to these birds.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Even a few containers of petunias on a balcony or a single bee balm plant in a sunny bed can make a difference.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Perennials like asters, bee balm, and yarrow can take several seasons to establish.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Leaving stems in the garden from flowering plants like bee balm attracts and provides shelter to native bees.
    — Jodi Bay, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Instead, try pairing them with plants known for their insect-repellent properties, such as bee balm, lemon balm, or marigold.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026
  • Planting flowers hummingbirds love, such as bee balm and hummingbird sage, is the best way to bring these little gems to your garden.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • For blooms at the heart of this trend, opt for coneflower, black-eyed Susan, bee balm, milkweed, goldenrod, and asters.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
  • For the latter, check out things like bee balms, columbines, lupines, foxgloves, hollyhocks, cleomes, impatiens and petunias.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Hummingbirds, butterflies, and—of course—bees are all attracted to bee balm, also known as wild bergamot.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 24 June 2022
  • Roses, coneflower, and bee balm are good examples of perennial plants.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The short list includes artichokes, feverfew, chamomile, celery, angelonia, and bee balm.
    — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
  • For squash bugs, plant mint, chives, garlic, onion, tansy, radishes, nasturtiums, marigolds and bee balm near and among vines of winter and summer squash.
    — OregonLive.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Some bees do feed on bee balm, but the plant is especially popular with hummingbirds and butterflies.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Nectar-producing plants such as penstemon, bee balm, and columbine appeal to hummingbirds.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The brilliant red flowers of bee balm (Monarda didyma) appear in showy terminal tufts from spring through summer.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026
  • The hollow stems of plants like bee balm and goldenrod are a good spot for egg laying, so cutting them back reduces safe sheltering spots where females can lay eggs.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Fall is the best time to plant spring-flowering bulbs and native plant seeds that benefit from cold stratification, like milkweed and bee balm.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024

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