Re: two plants
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: two plants
- From: m* l*
- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:50:55 -0600
>
>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
>
I've grown two different Agastaches: a yellow-flowering and the
purple/foeniculum. The yellow-flowering is not much, unless you're just
growing it for the foliage. Are the blossoms yellow or is that just a
mirage? Very faintly tinged with yellow. But the purple Agastache
foeniculum or anise hyssop is a fine plant. It is self-seeding, but rather
modestly. When it blossoms, every beneficial insect for miles around comes
to sip, along with the hummingbirds and unfortunately cabbage moths. I
treasure it, though, as a food source for beneficials. It is tolerant of
infrequent watering. Margaret L
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