Re: Agastache

Weiss Brothers' catalogue references Agastache barberi x mexicana
'Tutti-Frutti' as being hardy to 0 degrees (F).  If that's so then it
probably wouldn't be hardy in the ground in Zone 4 but would do OK in
Claire's cold frame.  Sounds worth the trouble!

Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B

PS -- earlier when I referred to Iceland poppies I meant to say alpine
poppies (Papaver alpinum).  My two original plants are near each other on
the rock wall and I confuse their names all the time.  Alpine poppies are
short and constant-blooming.

 
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 17:28:02 -0700 "Marilyn Dube" <maridube@teleport.com>
writes:
> Hello Claire,  My favorite Agastache is a rather new hybrid called 
> 'Tutti
> Frutti'.  It is a summer bloomer and ~ 4' tall.  Flowers are hot, 
> hot pink
> and the leaves smell like Juicy Fruit gum.  I can't tell you if it 
> would be
> hardy in zone 4.
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	owner-perennials@mallorn.com 
> [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
> Behalf Of ECPep@aol.com
> Sent:	Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:11 PM
> To:	perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject:	two plants
> 
> Perhaps someone will write on agastache, a western US plant that can 
> handle
> some drought and is a middle to late summer bloomer.  This plant is 
> a mint
> relative and has minty scented foliage.  I am just learning about 
> these
> having found them by accident, unnamed in a local nursery.  This is 
> longest
> blooming plant in my garden.  I am not certain of hardiness.  My 
> plant spent
> the winter in a cold frame and is healthy this year along with some 
> new ones
> purchased this spring.
> 
> Claire Peplowski
> E Nassau, NY z4
> 
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