Agastaches

These cousins to the Salvias are members of the Mint family which have small, often brightly colored, tubular flowers in terminal spikes. I consider the Agastaches to be some of the best plants for attracting wildlife to the garden. Swallowtail butterflies spend much time floating among the waving flower spikes, sharing the nectar with hummingbirds, bees and numerous smaller flying insects. There are a number of fine garden plants and promising possibilities for new hybrids. Easy to grow in full sun to light shade in well drained soil with periodic summer water. Cut back the flowering stems if they lag during the summer months to encourage continuous flowering. Grow with ACHILLEAS, ASTER, DIASCIAS, NEPETA and SALVIAS.

cana Produces copious wands of flowers all summer. The flower color is bright pink with a hint of peach. Grows to 4' high. Hardy to about 10°.

mexicana Lemon Scented Slender, upright stems to 3' tall carry long spikes of clear pink flowers. The pale green leaves are strongly lemon scented. Zone 7.

mexicana Red Selection Our selection from numerous seedlings of A.mexicana. The flowers are a dusky orange-red, not quite as dark as Firebird, but an easier plant to grow and propagate. It has a neat upright habit to 36" tall. Zone 7.

Pink Panther (coccinea x mexicana) A first rate perennial blooming from May to October with its brilliant dusky pink flowers held on long spikes. The 36" stems are clothed on the lower half by dark green leaves, tinged with purple. This selection has a sturdy habit growing to 4' tall. Zone 7.

Summer Lustre Slender stems to 4' tall with dusky, apricot-orange flowers. Neat habit and as all agastaches, it flowers non-stop June through October.

Summer Breeze An extremely durable and long flowering agastaches that has become my favorite. The peachy-pink flowers are carried atop the 5'-6' stems June through October. This agastache is large growing and long bloming. Hardy to about 15°.

Tutti Frutti One of the showiest of the agastaches with dense heads of deep pink flowers on slender 4'-5' stems. It flowers June through September. Hardy to zone 7.

Each $4.50 / Three of one kind $13.00