Agastache Species, Korean Mint, Anise Hyssop

Beautiful plant!
Where I live we have blazing hot humid summers and a lot of nights in winter that are at or below freezing. Even...Read More with two
two week long cold snaps of temps in the 20's these plants survived.
With some light covering the bushes did die back to the ground, but as of now (May 14) they are tall and lush and becoming covered in light purple flowers.

Great little plant which is easy to grow. Stays fairly contained, and a must have for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Very nice lic...Read Moreorice scent.

Seeds are very fine, and need to be sown close to the surface or on the surface of the soil where light can reach. Keep moist until germination occurs, then only average or little watering in necessary.

Cool plant. When I leave the house to go to work in the morning, there are at least 5 bumblebees on this flower. Same thing as I return...Read More 8 hours later. They love this plant and I enjoy the flowers attractiveness.

I live at 7500' in the Flatirons. Lowest recorded temperature was -7°F last winter. Planted 1 plant 2004. It went from a few stalks t...Read Moreo many this summer. It's now about 3' in diameter and 50" tall with dozens of flowers & many honey bees so I presume seeds are fertile. Added 8 more this Spring & all have done very well. Generally am plagued by animals- deer, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, gophers which eat everything but don't seem to bother mints. Have so far collected about 2 tbsp of seeds (smaller than poppy seeds) but don't know what to do to germinate them. Any tips will be greatly appreciated- plan to plant one large area of yard next spring. Seed collecting seems to be easy. Cut off dried blossoms and rap stem on edge of large soup bowl. Dozens fall out.

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