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Family: Lamiaceae (lay-mee-AY-see-ee) (Info) Genus: Monarda (mo-NAR-da) (Info) Species: didyma (DID-ee-muh) (Info) Cultivar: Fireball Additional cultivar information: (PP14235) Hybridized by Oudshoorn; Year of Registration or Introduction: 2003
Spacing: 12-15 in. (30-38 cm) 15-18 in. (38-45 cm) 18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Other details: May be a noxious weed or invasive This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Flowers are fragrant Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information: Patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets) From herbaceous stem cuttings By tip layering
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Jul 17, 2012, Crit from Sand Springs (Tulsa), OK (Zone 7a) wrote:
If you have trouble with varmits eating your plants and vegetables, place some human hair around the base of the plant and up the plant, if so preferred. This will keep varmits away as they do not like the smell of humans. Works to keep squirrels from digging up bulbs. Keeps rabbits, squirrels and other varmits from eating plants. Your hairdresser will be happy to save clippings for you, or do what I do and keep a bag under your bathroom counter and put the hair you take out of your brush in there.
On May 19, 2009, kassy_51 from Marinette, WI (Zone 4b) wrote:
Humming Birds love this plant.
And so do rabbits it seems, so it's not an invasive plant if you have rabbits running around. They ate off all of mine last year, and I'm only finding 5 of the plants coming back.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
North Little Rock, Arkansas Wilmington Manor, Delaware Jacksonville Beach, Florida Canton, Georgia Calvert City, Kentucky Hebron, Kentucky Grand Blanc, Michigan St Cloud, Minnesota Nelson, New Hampshire Elephant Butte, New Mexico Rodeo, New Mexico Rexford, New York Lotsee, Oklahoma East Norriton, Pennsylvania Knoxville, Tennessee Spring, Texas Chatmoss, Virginia Eau Claire, Wisconsin Marinette, Wisconsin Pulaski, Wisconsin Wittenberg, Wisconsin
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