Re: Agastache, was 'seedlings'
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- Subject: Re: Agastache, was 'seedlings'
- From: C* P* L*
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:34:47 -0500 (CDT)
> I had good luck last year starting several agastache's from seed: Heather
> Queen, Carlile Carmen, and I also have some wonderful A. foeniculum "Blue
> Fortune' (purchased plants). This year I am also starting A. rugosa and
> several others - we'll see how they work out. I also had plants last year
> of Pink Panther and Fire-something (I don't have it in front of me now.) I
> love Agastache. I think my favorite of the tender ones is Heather Queen,
> but the Blue Fortune, which is hardy, is excellent - abaout 3 ft., needs
> string and stakes for me, and has a great scent and the bees go nuts over
> it. I ordered a couple more from High Country nursery this year, also.
I started A. rugosa this year and should have about 20 pots (some with
more than one plant). They're doing quite well and are about 4-6" high
right now (just transplanted a week ago), so I'm hopeful. This will
be my first time growing them.
> By the way, how do you all pronounce it? I saw, somewhere, "Ah-gast-a-key"
> with the accent on the 2nd syllable, so that's what I use. But the other
> day I heard a nursery owner pronounce it "Ag-a-stach".
I've always said 'Ag-a-stash-ee', but I'm weird. :)
Chris
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