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Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops
Monarda didyma 'Cherry Pops'
Also called cherry pops bee balm, cherry pops beebalm and cherry pops monarda
Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops blooms from July through August.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 20 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. 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 Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops
Plant Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops 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 4 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from July to August.
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 Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops get?
20 intall5 ft 7 inan adult20 inwideSee Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops 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 Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops about 20 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops 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
Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops' height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 9 published sources on September 23, 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.
- Walters Gardensthe breeder and introducer; its variety page for 'Cherry Pops'height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- nvknurseries.comNVK Nurseries (a wholesale grower in Dundas, Ontario)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Plant Addictsa nursery that sells the plant; the store this queue came fromheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Chicago Botanic GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- Nature Hills Nurserya nursery that sells the plantheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Pleasant Run Nurserya wholesale grower in New Jerseyheight, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP27,618 (Walters Gardens, inventor Hans A. Hansen), o...height, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and diseases
- NC State ExtensionSPECIES page, Monarda didymasun, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Society, RHS Plantsbloom months and color
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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