Companion plants for Bee Balm
Monarda didymaflower
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Excellent pair
- Gai Lan attracts Hoverflies and Parasitic wasps, which prey on the Aphids and Caterpillars and more that attack Bee Balm
- Gai Lan suppresses pests that trouble Bee Balm
- Gai Lan acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Bee Balm
- Excellent pair
- Crimson Clover attracts Ladybugs and Parasitic wasps and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Bee Balm
- Crimson Clover fixes nitrogen in the soil that Bee Balm feeds on
- Crimson Clover acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Bee Balm
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Bee Balm β no account needed.
Also works well
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Bee Balm
White Sage releases compounds that inhibit Bee Balm
