Just planted these based on feedback. I read around about the trouble overwintering in zones 5+ - it seems an August sheer conserves ener...Read Moregy for the plant.
Harpersfield, OH (Zone 5a) | January 2011 | positive
I live in zone 5a, Geneva, Ohio, in very heavy clay; and this is by far the best bang for my buck yet! They have multiplied unbelievabl...Read Morey here! I bought 3 tiny $1 plants from Bluestone Perennials - (http://www.bluestoneperennials.com), and couldn't believe by the end of summer how much they had grown and multiplied; but then the next summer they were over 5 feet tall and there were tons of plants! I bought 3 each - Black Adder, Blue Fortune, and Honey Bee. They are all together in the back of my picture I downloaded here, (in the back of the picture, behind the shasta daisy are all 3). The Shasta Daisy is the shorter, large clump of leaves with white buds on the top. The Agastache is against the house and all 3 are right beside each other. I can't imagine how many I'll have this year - I'll have to divide and give lots away! I love the Bluestone plants - I have only had 2 out of over a twol hundred not do well and those were experiment ones that they said sometimes come back and sometimes they don't because of the zone 6 label; so I tried them and they didn't. I love that place! It's worth taking a trip to or driving to in June when they have their huge sale! I usually spend $66 and get a whole new garden out of it the first summer and can divide the next! They have really large greenhouses you take carts thru and load up the flats. It's so cool. I look forward to it every year! This whole garden is one summer's sale. The Shasta Daisy in front of the Agastache was 3 plants also. I buy 3 of each one. The Centurea beside the Shasta Daisy was 3 different ones, and they are doing great. The Monardo is as amazing as the Agastache! They end up costing around $1.33 a plant, I think. It might be less! This picture is just one side of the bed, and only part of that side.
Love this plant. thrives in dry soil. attracts bees and butterflies. I have it growing in zone5a and 4a. does well in both places. Get...Read Mores quite tall. I have some close to 5 feet. Dead head if you do not want volunteers. Needs a lot of sun. Does not do well in shade.
Medium 3' - Plant 16" apart. Zone 5-10. Upright spires of blue atop minty aromatic foliage. Attractive to bees, butterflies, and other be...Read Moreneficial insects.
Just planted these based on feedback. I read around about the trouble overwintering in zones 5+ - it seems an August sheer conserves ener...Read More
I live in zone 5a, Geneva, Ohio, in very heavy clay; and this is by far the best bang for my buck yet! They have multiplied unbelievabl...Read More
Love this plant. thrives in dry soil. attracts bees and butterflies. I have it growing in zone5a and 4a. does well in both places. Get...Read More
Blooms mid to late July in my garden.
Medium 3' - Plant 16" apart. Zone 5-10. Upright spires of blue atop minty aromatic foliage. Attractive to bees, butterflies, and other be...Read More
In a planter is central/south texas it doesn't need watering everyday which is a reall asset. Nice smell.