Agastache, Anise-Hyssop, Hummingbird Mint 'Black Adder'

I live in zone 4a and have grown Blue Fortune, Golden Jubilee, Honey Bee Blue and Black Adder successfully in multiple places in my yard ...Read Morefor 4-5 years. Black Adder has a slightly darker, more purple flower color that I like very much. All of my agastache get to be quite tall, like 5 feet or more, except for Golden Jubilee. We've had a couple of years of very hot, very dry weather here and this stuff doesn't skip a beat. I love agastache, and so do my neighborhood bees, butterflies and hummingbirds!

I can't say enough nice things about the "Black Adder" variety of Agastache! I have a collection of uber-pricy tetraploid daylilies and ...Read MoreNOTHING sets off their flowers better than a background of Black Adder's blue flowers, to contrast against the hot mango/vivid mustard/deep wine of my daylily's blooms. I started with 3 plants one year, saw how amazing they were, and bought 15 more to use all around the garden (I live on an acre). Very tidy, never floppy; mine grows from 2' to 3', depending upon the bed it's in. I have planted the generic agastache and it's too weedy and unkempt for my tastes; gets too big and flops over and stays flopped over without staking. This variety can withstand wind, rain, and my garden cats, who love to play in it. HIGHLY recommend >this< variety!

Love this plant! Easy to grow, bees love it! BUT mine has grown 6 feet tall plus!!! I'm 5'7" and it's taller than me. This one I have in ...Read Morefull sun, but I have a Blue Fortune in part shade and that one is 6' plus, too!! Since they are both so tall, they've flopped over but I've propped them up and they look beautiful.

This plant did fantastic in my zone 5a garden this winter. It is a huge mound already and very green and healthy looking. We had one of...Read More the worst winters and tons of snow and high winds. It was freezing and it came back great.