Re: Agastache
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Agastache
- From: G* O*
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 06:59:43 -0400
Dean,
Do you have an address or (preferably) a URL for Weiss?
I've grown 'Tutti-frutti' for three years now. It's truly wonderful.,
although in less than full sun it can be tall and floppy - needing a cage.
Gerry
At 09:19 PM 6/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
>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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