Bee Balm traditionally blooms midsummer, but Leading Lady Plum leads the way in early summer, flowering on compact, well-behaved dark green foliage. The magenta purple blossoms are packed with nectar for all pollinators and the aromatic foliage is natrally deer resistant. No worry for this shorter, earlier blooming monarda to move around the garden bed. It stays where you plant it! Just reaching a foot tall fl is a bee balm Tuck this early blooming bee balm into the front of your flower border to create a colorful swath of magenta purple flowers. Butterflies and hummingbirds will adore it!