Can't comment about Pink Supreme but I am growing Marshall's Delight Bee Balm - which is a pink Monarda. It is a cheery, bright, pink cultivar reported to be mildew resistant. This is the second year in my garden and it looks great so far this year. Foliage has a wonderful fragrance. Will see how long a bloom season I get from it as I planted it mid season last year. No powdery mildew to date. I grow it in a raised bed and did add some water crystals to the planting hole when I planted it, as plants around it are more drought tolerant. I've read 'Marshall's Delight' was selected from the Chicago Botanic Garden's Plant Evaluation Program as an outstandlng Perennial for Midwest gardens so I'd think it would do well in your growing zone. So far this spring, it's currently about 12 inches high. I'm expecting it to remain fairly short for a Bee Balm, as we experience high winds and heavy rainstorms throughout the growing season and tall plants get beaten down in my garden. I tried Raspberry Wine and it really drew the hummingbirds but it was too tall and I fought powdery mildew all season so I removed it. Also grow Monarda 'Fireball', a shorter plant with wine red blooms and it, too, is doing well for me. Best of luck with your selection. Please come back and let us know what you decide to plant and how well it performs for you. Mary

I planted Raspberry Wine for the first time in late spring. It has done very well and bloomed. I was just starting to enjoy it and half of it seemed to get knocked over by the sprinkler. Not positive that was the reason, but I noticed it after it had the sprinkler on the bed. Some of the stems were bent in half and would not come up again, so I cut back all those that bent over. Too bad it was just filling in the spot I wanted it for. But, I do like the flower color and size and the plant had healthy looking foliage. There is such a lot of summer and fall still to come, that I am expecting to see new growth at some point. Wednesday, rain is forecast and that is much needed for everything. I expect that next year will be even better.

For whatever reason, I've got very little powdery mildew or blackspot an anything this year. The opposite of what I would expected with the cool, wet spring. You can either use any number of sprays for mildew, or else try and improve the air circulation. Plants in morning shade have more problems than those in sun since the leaves stay damp longer. Larry

I have heavy, sometimes wet-in-winter soil, and most of my garden is in more than half day shade. Monarda is one of the things that thrives here, and I like when it spreads. 'Raspberry Wine' grows great for me, but in my part-shade garden, it can get a good five feet tall. I'd like to find a nice-blooming spreader that would get about 2 - 2 1/2 feet tall. (I'm guessing it would be shorter in a full sun garden.) I'd prefer a deep pink to purple shade rather than red (have 'Jacob Cline') or lavender. A lot of the new ones say they won't spread, and I'd almost prefer one that does. Any suggestions?