I had to look up your lily. I had never heard of it before. It looks like it has nice big blooms and the bloom color coordinates well with the agastache. White shasta daisies might work. I have a couple of belladonna which have never bloomed, but they have nice healthy foliage. I kept the container in the greenhouse this winter which was probably a big mistake ... have to wait and see if they bloom. I also kept my containered amaryllis in the greenhouse. They retained their foliage and only one bloomed which was a big disappointment. They will all stay outside this coming winter.
are the non-blue agastaches tricky in texas?
debbie i have white ruellia malacosperma and white tiger lilies that are blooming now if you would like either of those for your agastache.
Uh sorry lost the thread for a couple of days. Is my soil sandy? Well let's just say they don't call our soil Gumbo for nothing. The area that I planted them gets afternoon shade and the soil has been amended so it's probably a bit better than most, better drainage. I also have some taller shrubs around. Last year I had one in same sort of area, afternoon shade and it did very well- I dug it up and moved it mid summer it survived so I thought I'd try it again, apparently I was asking too much. These will stay put and I don't think the weather to come will be too hard on them.
Here it is cleaned up a bit where you can recognize it. Has held up well after 5 days of deluges and it is in one of the "higher" parts of the garden so it gets good drainage.
Debbie
And of course, now the sun is shining on it; at least until the next deluge...I like it better than salvias for an area you don't want to mess with--it self deadheads--that's a bonus in my book.
it looks like it kind of sprawls. i have the blue fortune and it seems more upright. can you comment deb?
yes--sprawl would be a good description...but it also stands upright to about 18-24". sprawl, but not hug the ground.
I have a young Blue Fortune and I love the upright shape it has. I hope it keeps it as it matures and not do a lot of sprawling. i wonder if pinching it back would help if it starts to sprawl?
well this is the first year i have had this one. it is about 24 inches tall and it is still upright with no hint of a sprawl. do hummers like the blue ones? and deb do you see hummers on the one you have?
yes they like it