Red Bee Balm—Monarda didyma

One of my favorite plants, deep red, sometimes with double flower heads like the one shown here. The scent is difficult to describe. Clean and spicy, I guess.

Its roots run along the top of the soil and after a few years, it exhausts its earthy home. But then you dig it up, replant and in a couple of years, it's back.

I used to have it interplanted with orange daylilies in my street garden but then the daylilies crowded it out. But now it's back.

Really special plant and the hummers just love it.