(Bee Balm) Enjoy the native blooms of Monarda ‘Leading Lady Razzberry’ in your summer garden. The ‘Leading Lady’ series of Bee Balm is an earlier blooming variety starting to show color at the beginning of June here in our zone 6 Michigan garden. ‘Leading Lady Razzberry’ features raspberry pink blooms, one of the prettiest bee balm colors I have seen. The dark green foliage has a purple cast and compliments the raspberry-pink blooms. Standing 10-14 inches tall and neatly spreading to 28 inches wide, ‘Leading Lady Razzberry’ forms a tidy compact mound. Hardy in zones 4-8, Bee Balm likes to be planted in full sun to part shade locations in average to fertile soil conditions. The beautiful flowers and foliage are fragrant and make for a nice cut flower. This compact perennial makes a great container plant and looks nice as a garden border. Mix and match colors in the ‘Leading Lady; series for a colorful garden.