Agastache, Anise-Hyssop, Hummingbird Mint 'Blue Fortune'

I've learned not to spend a lot of money for this plant because it is somewhat short-lived. Some of them don't come back after winter, so...Read Moreme of them come back after the first winter but not after that. This plant seems to have a tendency to heave itself out of the ground. I had a turtlehead plant which did the same thing. I would add soil and mulch around the base but it would heave itself up again.

Bees love it. But the cost of this plant even in big box stores can be a bit too much for a plant that is called a perennial but doesn't always behave like one -- or one that behaves like a short-lived perennial.

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 Morepart shade, but I have a Black Adder in full sun 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.

It did very well for me in a raised bed here in zone 5b for 3 years--but both plants disappeared over this last winter. This surprised m...Read Moree since this last winter was not a cold as many and we had prolonged snow cover, which allowed even some annuals, like parsley, to overwinter. Maybe they are short-lived plants?

This plant is wonderful BUT my zone is the first zone mentioned and I believe its not as hardy here as in other places.
I get abou...Read Moret 2 years out of it and then it fails to return.
I just replace it but the cost might mean I will have to substitute for a hardier plant.

Pollinator magnet - especially bumblebees, who appear, when this plant is in bloom, at first light and are still there until dusk. Althou...Read Moregh advertised as such, not especially fragrant, unlike nepeta or monarda, and relatively modest in appearance, it is a durable plant and a solid performer.

This is growing in an exposed rock garden/corner area in zone 4 -- and doing very well. It is quite tall--I just measured mine at about ...Read More5 feet--but very sturdy. I did pinch it off a bit in the spring, so it is nice and full and is now beginning to boom very nicely. It blooms nonstop from midsummer until mid to late fall. Bees and butterflies are all over it. Japanese beetles like it also, but I just keep picking them off and see very little damage to the plants. Very low maintenance, but attractive and fragrant. I'd call this a winner.

I agree with all the comments. It grows into a large plant--mine was 5' tall and the stalks are strong and don't need staking. It started...Read More blooming in mid-July in Denver area and kept up until the first snows--and it's still standing! Nice blue color. No deadheading required. It has done well in well drained clay soil. I did lose one but the other two have done really well in their second year. It is a great plant at the back of a border. You can plant shorter plants in front of it.

This has been an easy plant to grow even in central Ohio clay soil. Starting from 5" nursery pots in June it rapidly grew to at least 4.5...Read More'. Blooms or reblooms continuously with no deadheading and is continuously covered with honey bees.

I love this plant. My mom pulled one out of her garden (like you do a weed - no dirt or anything) and gave it to me with instructions to...Read More just put it in the ground. Sure enough I have a beautiful plant that draws bees and hummingbirds to my yard. Now in its third year in my garden, I can hardly wait for it to start blooming again. Grows into a neat little ball shape and has pretty purple flowers that last most of the summer/fall - all without any real attention from me.

deerfarmer states that this is a wonderful perenial: Easy to grow and rewards with continuous blooming throughout the spring, summer, fa...Read Morell and in southeast Texas early winter. Attracts butterflys, and bees. Does very well in our HOT HUMID summers.

I love this plant - it's 4 feet tall for me and has been blooming for 2 months. 1 of 3 did not survive the winter but I replaced it. The ...Read Moreform and color are wonderful in the back of the border and yes, the bees cover it. I saw a hummingbird at it only once very early in the morning.

A. 'Blue Fortune' is bred and selected by Gert Fortgens of the Arboretum Trompenburg in Rotterdam, Netherlands. I've been told that the f...Read Morelowers are sterile and that this explains its long time flowering. A. 'Blue Fortune' can be propagated by division or by cuttings taken before flowering. Received AGM in 2003 for its good habit.

Beautiful Agastache! Butterflies, Bees and I love it!

If you want to attract bees to your garden, grow this plant! It attracts bees more than any other plant I've owned. It also attracts smal...Read Morel butterflies and has a great licorice scent to the leaves.

36" - Plant 20" apart. Z5-10 Blue violet flower spikes on spicy fragrant foliage. Long flowering. The better the drainage the happier the...Read More plant. Attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies, with minty aromatic foliage.

This plant has thrived in our front yard, becoming quite a centerpiece. It is a prolific bloomer, attracting bees and butterflies from m...Read Moreid-July through September. 'Blue Fortune' has been one of the only plants that the deer have not even attempted to taste in the yard. It has proven to be quite drought tolerant in its partial shade site and grows to about 36" tall by 30" wide. I basically just stuck it in the ground and have forgotten about it and it has been a top-notch performer.

Grown from seed. It is very aromatic. Bees love it. It can tolerate sandy, dry soils. Deer will not touch it. Tolerates partial shad...Read Moree. Will self-seed.

I planted this early this spring from nursery stock in the belief that it was anise hyssop. (Actually, it seems, it is a hybrid of anise ...Read Morehyssop and Korean Mint--agastache rugosa). Nevertheless it has the distinct aroma and taste of anise. It is now about 30" tall and began blooming in early June. It is quite pretty and attracts goldfinches, which I have never seen here before (in Hampton, VA). My soil is clay, which I try to amend with organic matter, and depending whether it's flood or drought, the soil is wet or dry. But this plant doesn't seem to mind.