sounds like the soil is too rich. Next year after the rains and snow leeches
the nutrients a bit, your monarda will stand up with no problem. You didn't
have a pounding rain or hail did you? I assume you meant that you got up
this morning and the bee balm had just flopped over. That means the soil is
too rich. As an experiment, cut half the plants back to half their size,
and watch them branch out. Leave the others as they are and see if they
don't "rise up towards the sun". The first year I planted everything in the
raised beds here ammended with rich worm casting soil, 90% of my flowers all
were lanky and struggled to stand up straight. It was because the soil was
too rich for the perennials. My red monarda stood up straight the following
year after the winter rains leeched some of the richness out. Good luck
with your flowers. madgardener. up on the ridge, back in Fairy Holler,
where my own bee balm is just now two foot tall in the places where it's
survived......overlooking English Mountain in Eastern Tennessee, zone 6b,
Sunset zone 36 where the past month has been verrrry cool and unusual
"Jeff Hancock" wrote in message
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My bee balm has fallen over. What cna I do about it? Is this a sign of
too
much N and not enough P and K? It had nice blooms forming, but the stems
fell over last night.

Thanks, Jeff