8/12/2023 0 Comments Orange hummingbird mintSome have bluish green foliage, however, there are some varieties with deeper green and even chartreuse foliage, like Golden Jubilee! And some varieties, such as Sunset Hyssop, have thin blades for leaves, where as other varieties have much fuller, wide leaves. The foliage is aromatic, so if you brush past an Agastache while weeding, you’ll notice a nice minty, fruity smell (a bit like Juicy Fruit chewing gum.) Like flower colors, Hyssop foliage varies quite a bit between varieties. This can lead to some serious battles above the garden! They start blooming around late July and continue through the fall! The tubular blooms are nectar rich and lead to hummingbirds claiming plants as their own. The bloom time is from late spring to frost and the minty scent is a pollinator magnet. This plant adds an airiness to the garden with fine foliage and spikes of tubular orange flowers. It grows 1-2 feet tall and nearly as wide. The flowers develop on stalks held up above the foliage. 'Acapulco Orange' Giant Hyssop is a hybrid cultivar with showy orange flowers in the mint family. What a Wide Range of Flower and Foliage Colors and Types!Īgastaches bloom in shades of blue, purple, pink, peach, orange, yellow and red, often with varying shades on a single blossom. Agastache and Echinacea just look like they were made to be planted together! I don’t think you can really appreciate the full beauty of Agastache when it is planted among other fine foliage plants like Pine-leaf Penstemon or Gaura so try to stick a broader leaf plant between them. One of my favorite companion plants for Agastache is Echinacea. Agastaches are Great Companions!Īgastache looks really nice with roses, hibiscus and other plants with larger flowers or leaves. Once established Agastache can handle hot, sunny spots and are quite drought tolerant. Good drainage is critical, as they can handle dry soil better than soil that stays too moist. I have found that these plants don’t do well if they are mulched much, so be sure to pull mulch back away from stems and don’t pile it up thick over their roots. It can handle a little bit of shade, but does best in full sun. It looks fantastic in all types of gardens, from xeric and southwestern, to more lush or cottage style. Learn more about designing hummingbird gardens! A Perfect Addition for any Sunny GardenĪgastache is a low maintenance, versatile and attractive perennial that doesn’t seem to have any serious pests. It’s the plant that started my whole “gardening for wildlife” mindset! My first Agastache and first bed I ever created for the sake of wildlife. I have a lot of hummingbird favorites in my yard, such as Monarda and Orange Carpet Hummingbird Trumpet, but the Agastache (or Hyssop) is hands-down their favorite! It is the plant they battle over! And the Agastache is what made me realize that I should select plants not just for my enjoyment, but to create habitat for the wildlife that I wish to draw to my garden. Agastache – Irresistable to More than Just Hummingbirds!Īgastache, August’s Practically Perfect Plant, was nominated by the hummingbirds that visit (and claim) my garden. Part – full sun, Sizes vary by variety – 10” x 10” – 36” x 24” Native to New Mexico and western Texas.August’s Practically Perfect Plant! Agastache – Hyssop or Hummingbird Mint.Cut back the faded flower stems in fall or leave them for winter interest and cut back in spring.Great for beds and borders, cottage gardens, butterfly gardens, herb gardens, rock gardens, or containers. Excellent cut flowers.Tolerates light shade, drought, poor soils, summer heat, and humidity. Performs best in full sun, in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils.Will spread by rhizomes and self-seeding in the garden. Agastache cana is also known for being a natural mosquito repellent. The flower spikes are lovely additions to fresh-cut or dried arrangements. The leaves may be used fresh or dried to make herbal teas. Native to New Mexico and western Texas, where it can be found in crevices and cracks of granite cliffs or in canyon edges, Agastache cana is a reliable choice for borders, containers, and rock gardens. The foliage is aromatic and exudes a pleasant scent of mint bubblegum when bruised, hence the 'Bubblegum Mint' common name. The flowers are borne atop sturdy stems clothed with oval, pointed, gray-green leaves, 1.5 in. Butterflies are essentially drawn in by the scent of the flowers, while hummingbirds are attracted to the sweet nectar and tubular-shaped blossoms. Adding lovely vertical lines to the landscape, they are attractive to bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and beneficial insects. Agastache cana (Texas Hummingbird Mint) is a robust, upright, bushy perennial with attractive spikes of tubular, sweetly fragrant, rose-pink tubular flowers from early summer to early fall.
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