Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Lemon Bergamot
Monarda citriodora · Lemon Bergamot
Herbs · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Lemon bergamot forms upright stems with tiered pink-purple flower clusters.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Keep soil moderately moist while the annual plant establishes.
Soil & drainage
A well-drained sunny bed with room for upright flowering stems.
Temperature
Plan sowing for the crop’s preferred season. Protect young plants and containers from severe frost; local conditions affect timing.
Planting
Sow in spring after frost, or start seedlings indoors and transplant when sturdy.
Harvest
Leave tiered flowers for pollinators; trim fading spikes for a tidier display.
Through the seasons
Lemon bergamot is an annual, not the perennial wild bergamot. Save mature seed or sow anew next spring.
When your plant needs help
- Grow it as an annual pollinator plant and save seed for another season; it is not perennial wild bergamot.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.