Agastache
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Including Agastache aurantiaca 'Apricot Sunrise', & Agastache 'Pink Panther'
Agastache
Lovers of heat, these tough and drought resistant Mint family relatives guarantee terminal spikes adorned with brightly colored, tubular flowers just about all summer long. Agastaches are easily grown in well drained soils, and will bloom more profusely, over an even longer period of time, if the flowering stems are cut back in midseason.
This drought tolerant bushy perennial is prized for its more manageable compact habit. With erect stems tinged a dusty grape, wine-purple calyxes, deep peachy orange flowers, and mint-scented triangular green leaves sporting silvery undersides, the stunning shades of an evening sky will light up your garden all day long. Easy-to-grow ‘Apricot Sprite’ can be planted in the company of Mediterraneans such as Geranium harveyi, where it will undoubtedly entice gardeners and hummingbirds alike.
Blooms June – mid-October. Size: 12"–18" high x 12" wide; hardy to zone 7.
Agastache aurantiaca ‘Apricot Sprite’ (P-1520)
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This easy-to-grow, drought tolerant perennial was hybridized by Richard Dufresne of Greensboro, North Carolina. With sinuous stems tinged a dusty grape, wine-purple calyxes, deep orange buds that fade slightly as they open, and triangular green leaves with a minty aroma and silvery undersides, the stunning shades of an evening sky will color your garden all day long. Plant with Mediterraneans or Cephalaria gigantea.
Blooms June–September. Size: 2-1/2' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 7.
Agastache aurantiaca ‘Apricot Sunrise’ (P-0176)
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Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds will gather around this colorful Plant Select introduction. Originally a southwestern wildflower, resilient Coronado is distinguished by highly aromatic, silver washed green leaves and sunny yellow tubular blooms set aglow with orange streaks. Tailor-made for a water wise garden, it can be situated near other undemanding cohorts like Nepeta ‘Little Trudy’ and Oenothera ‘Silver Blade’. Zone 5/6.
Blooms July – mid-October. Size: 2-1/2' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 6. Agastache aurantiaca ‘Coronado™’ (P-1560)
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For her large, one foot tall, rosy spikes, her colorful calyxes that remain showy up until frost and sweetly fragrant foliage, this Agastache cana and Agastache barberi High Country Gardens’ selection is deemed their finest Hyssop introduction. The mint perfumed leaves send up good-sized Salvia-like racemes spangled with whorls of long lasting, richly hued raspberry red calyxes and dark rosy pink tubular flowers, which are ideal in dried arrangements. A winning progeny of two southwestern denizens, ‘Ava’ takes two or three growing seasons to fully mature.
Blooms July – October. Size: 4'–5' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 5. AVAILABLE MAY 2012 Agastache x ‘Ava’ (P-1616)
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Black Adder HyssopA nectar-rich magnet for hummingbirds. Straight stems support the bottlebrushlike blooms from midsummer until frost. This splendid new introduction between Agastache rugosum and Agastache foeniculum brings late season color and a vertical element to the mixed border or to a favored pot, while wafting a sweet licorice smell and resisting those pesky deer.
Blooms June–September. Size: 2'–2-1/2' high x 18" wide; hardy to zone 6. Agastache x ‘Black Adder’ (p-1364)
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This tall eye-catching Agastache is celebrated for its whorled, Salvia-like floral spikes that ignite a long lasting fiery kaleidoscope of color. Splashed with copper, coral, pink and red hues, the sweetly fragrant tubular blooms populate numerous erect leafy stems, rising above mint-scented gray-green foliage. Parented by Agastache coccinea and Agastache rupestris and hybridized by Richard Dufresne, ‘Firebird’ blooms exuberantly, tempts butterflies and hummingbirds, and flavors herbal teas.
Blooms June – October. Size: 2'–3' high x 18"–2' wide; hardy to zone 6. Agastache ‘Firebird’ (p-1606)
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Golden Jubilee Hyssop
At long last, a golden-leafed Agastache! Bred by
the Dutch Sahin Seed Company and named in honor of Queen Elizabeth the II’s fifty-year reign,
this bushy beauty’s upright, compact form is
garnished with new leaves glowing chartreuse to
gilded yellow, then transmuting to a lime-green hue
when mature.
Its 2 to 3 in., bluish purple cylindrical
spires are a dazzling counterpoint against serrated,
mint-scented foliage. A brilliant accent for a container
or the perennial border accompanying Euphorbia
myrsinites and Nepeta reichenbachiana, long
blooming ‘Golden Jubilee’ requires
good winter drainage.
Blooms July–September. Size: 20" high x 20" wide; hardy to zone 5. Agastache foeniculum ‘Golden Jubilee’ (P-1244)
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Mexican Giant Hyssop
With refreshing lemon-scented elliptical-shaped foliage that can be brewed for tea, oodles of whorled, closely set, red-purple flowers coloring up 12 in. tall spikes and a bushy upright form, tangy ‘Sangria’ can be easily tucked into your garden. Hummingbirds will flock to this brand new Jelitto introduction, originating in our very own Southwest, and in northern Mexico, while Eryngium ‘Blue Glitter’ makes an intriguing sidekick.
Blooms July – October. Size: 3'–4' high x 18" wide; hardy to zone 7. Agastache mexicana ‘Sangria’ (P-1429)
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Vividly magenta, ‘Pink Panther’s flower-bedecked spires are slightly hushed by darker, earthy pink calyxes. Stems arise clad near the base in dark green, toothed, lanceolate foliage that’s washed with purple. Plant a drift of this warmly colored Agastache among Phlomis samia’s whorled mauve blooms and the coppery spikes of Kniphofia ‘Shining Sceptre’.
Blooms June–October. Size: 2-1/2'–3' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 6. Agastache ‘Pink Panther’ (p-0669)
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A winning addition to the Agastache color spectrum, the profusion of impressive racemes weaves a smoky blue-violet haze over stalwart stems and lance-shaped blue-green foliage that smells like anise. From July until the first frost, foot long warm-hued spires feature 2-lipped tubular flowers and rosy pink calyxes anchored in spaced whorls.
Exceptional in a container or mixed border and easily maintained by an early pinching, this clumping hardy Agastache keeps our interest sparked when cooler nights impart deep purple shades to its tall upright stalks and dapper ample-sized leaves.
Blooms July–September. Size: 2'–3' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 6. Agastache ‘Purple Haze’ (P-1687)
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Vibrant flowers painted in rosy magenta hues and a towering stature earn this evergreen perennial its cultivar name. Staunch erect stems garnished by grayish green notched leaves with a refreshing citrus smell bolster the profuse clusters of whorled blooms and mulberry-hued calyxes. Zone 8/9.
Blooms June – mid-October. Size: 5' high x 2-1/2' wide; hardy to zone 9. Agastache ‘Rosy Giant’ (P-1504)
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