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Claire Grace
Monarda fistulosa 'Claire Grace'
Claire Grace blooms from June through September.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Claire Grace
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–9. Expect it to reach about 3 ft tall and 2 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Claire Grace. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Fifteen fields were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it, with every unsettled point written down and decided: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, soil, diseases, pests, toxicity, the plant's own names, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Claire Grace
Plant Claire Grace in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to September.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Claire Grace get?
3 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2 ftwideSee Claire Grace in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Claire Grace
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Claire Grace about 2 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Claire Grace to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Claire Grace's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 16 published sources on September 17, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- North Creek Nurseriesheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.orgNative Plant Trust, Go Botany plant finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, diseases, pests and toxicity
- NC State ExtensionGardener Plant Toolboxhardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- Mt. Cuba CenterTrial Gardenheight, spread, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- campcreeknativeplants.comCamp Creek Native Plantsheight, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- izelplants.comIzel Native Plantsheight, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderwater, bloom months and color and soil
- New Moon Nurseryheight and bloom months and color
- almostedenplants.comAlmost Edenheight and spread
- babikow.comBabikow Wholesale Nurseryheight and spread
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterNative Plant Databasebloom months and color
- sandysplants.comSandy's Plantsheight and spread
- colesvillenursery.comColesville Nurseryheight
- Mt. Cuba CenterTrial Gardendiseases
- University of Georgia ExtensionCAES Field Report C1332-01diseases
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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