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Re: Edible flowers ?& Acacia & The story so far

At 10:56 AM 10/21/1998 +1000, you wrote:
>Thanks to evryone on this.

>What is Agastache and how do I get one?

>Michael Bailes.
>Herbarist

Agastache is a mostly North American Lamiaceae genus related to Nepeta, with
allies (Lophanthus) in Asia.  Its ancestor (or a relic thereof) may be
Cedronella canariensis.  The plants have minty, licorice, or lemony flavored
leaves.  A. mexicana cv. Toronjil Morado is a very popular market herb in
central Mexico and has a fine lemon scent (citral) with a hint of licorice
(Methylchavicol = tarragon, basil).  Flowers are about 5 cm long.

The large flowered species set seed poorly, but the medium and small ones
are prolific.  I may be able to find some seed of S. mexicana, the best for
your purposes.  Seed of quite a few (A. cana, A. barberi, A. rupestris, all
with flowers 3 - 4.5 cm long) can be gotten from Sally & Tim Walker:

Southwest Native Seeds
Box 50503
Tucson, AZ  85703

Some California hybrids (very showy!!) can be gotten from:

Ginny Hunt    		    408-763-1523
E-mail:     seedhunt@aol.com

affil. with: 
Sierra Azul Nurseries	408-763-0939
2660 East Lake Avenue
Jeff Rosendale
Watsonville, CA  95076

If I get some time, I will write up a booklet on Agastache (desktop published)

Rich Dufresne
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