When I was first learning about perennials, some ladies I worked for had Monarda. A new lady hired me and told me what some of her flowers were. She expressed that she had Bee Balm. When she pointed to her Bee Balm, it looked exactly like Monarda. Sometimes it is confusing when plants have more than one name.
Monarda is the botanical name Monarda didyma (Bee Balm) Bee Balm is just one of it's common many names....so the confusion can just keep on mounting. A few more of it's common names. Monarda didyma (Bee Balm)
I have planted red Bee Balm for a few customers. Last Summer I planted one for a lady. The flowers lasted for a long time. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/216102482089730960
Here in WI. I always had problems with them...I think maybe I needed more sun because they would grow just fine but then later on they would get a mildew on them....
All plants have at least 2 names, a botanical epithet (a formal name that is universal in any language, a system started in the 1700's by Linnaeus,) and a nickname, also called common name. Most plants have many common names, which vary by region/language, and many have multiple botanical epithets for various reasons. Plant databases like the one on this site are handy references for connecting the known names to pics of a single kind of plant.
