I have Jacob cline monarda, purple siberian iris, and daylilies. Please email! Melinda

Jacob Cline does get tall..might need to buy a grow ring for it. They mulitipy quickly..had them at previous home. I read on one of these gardening websites, that a garden member cuts his/her bee balm in sections of three hgts. It seems to help reduce the chance of fungus or mildew, well known in bee balm.

To expand on Cookie's idea you can try this if you have alot of beebalm next summer. Let it all come up for about the first month or so. Mentally section it off into thirds. Leave the back third alone, but trim the third in front of it back about halfway to the ground, then trim the last third all the way to the ground - it will resprout and you'll have a longer, staggered bloom season. This works on asters, catmint and goldenrod too, and probably others that I don't know about. Don't do this until the plants are pretty well established and have spread. Baking soda is very good for helping slow down mildew (as mentioned above by Penny) some people add a few drops of vegetable oil to the baking soda / water mix to help it stick to the leaves. If you have a lot of beebalm you can thin it a bit to provide better air circulation which will also help prevent mildrew. Monarda seem to be like phlox in that the mildrew doesn't really hurt them - it just doesn't look good to us. It definitely does like moisture, and I'd put it where there's morning sun and afternoon shade if possible . Altho the wild variety grows in the ditches in Iowa just fine.

this is how i look for future potential ... realizing they may or may not be the specific cultivar you are asking about ... https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=Hydrangea+paniculata+%27Grandiflora%27&iax=images&ia=images its one of the beauties of having the full latin name ... your location and length of growing season may dictate how fast it achieve such potential ... ken