Favorite Agastache Plants?
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Comments (23)The one that I get the most reseeding from is Honey Bee Blue and I still feel that I'm happy with the amount of reseeding I get and if you want to remove it, it's very easy. The 'Golden Jubilee' also reseeds gently, but I have it at the edge of the lawn, so I can't say how it would behave in the middle of a border. The western agastaches have not produced one seedling in my garden. I don't remember seeing any of them set seed. When I've had them flowering, I am usually deadheading to keep them blooming, so that might have something to do with it....See MoreYour favorite colorful frost & drought hardy plants...?
Comments (2)My garden is now maturing after clearing the slate upon purchasing this house. Many specimens turned to mulch from freezing blasts of cold air from wildcat canyon. I'm in the hills across from SF above San Pablo. What lasted through thick and thin are queen palms, Washington fan palm, tree ferns, flax, yucca, Japanese maples, and bamboos as foundation plants. I have a wide variety of ground covers in as I'm not a fan of grass unless it's an accent clump. There's a wide range of cranesbill that ebb and flow with the seasons. I'm not a lazy gardener but I am inpatient and want results rather quickly. I also garden in various degrees of clay soil which I'm told is impossible to have a lush garden in without amending the soil extensively. You can, because I don't. I lightly fertilize with any of three types of fertilizers from fish emulsion to name brand granules or add in packets for watering cans. I want the plots to make their own way, with some cleanup here and there as needed, so gardening is not all I'm doing over enjoying the spaces....See MoreAgastache foeniculum host plant Summer Azure
Comments (1)BG, Things should get better. Sounds like one of those off years. It's exciting to learn that agastache is a host plant--I have plenty that comes up each year from seed. Everytime I move, I think I've left the BFs behind, but they seem to slowly "find" me again! Hope it's the same for you. Sandy...See MoreFavorite Agastache
Comments (4)I have a number of agastache varieties and like most all of them: Cotton Candy is already in bloom and will continue until frost. Salmon & Pink has been a favorite for years. Blue Fortune is best deadheaded after the first bloom to get a good second round. This is a butterfly magnet! Purple Haze and Black Adder are similar purples, but don't seem as robust as the Blue Fortune. Golden Jubilee is pretty until we get into drought, then the bright, light green leaves can get sunburned. Navajo Sunset is a gorgeous orange, but, like Salmon & Pink and other rupestris (small leaves is a good way to recognize these), may have to be replaced if they get too much water over the winter. Keep these high and dry. All of the wider leaves, such as Cotton Candy, Blue Fortune, Purple Haze, Black Adder and Golden Jubilee can take more water and less sun. Mich Gardens off Hwy 64, between Pittsboro and Apex has Blue Fortune right now. They are at "Wilsonville." The place in Sanford that we can't name here usually has a lot of agastache. Southern States usually carries several varieties, but I've not been by there yet this spring. Big Box garden centers tend to wait until plants are blooming to sell them. It's early for most agastache, except Cotton Candy. Agastache are reliably deer and rabbit resistant in my garden. Great plants, IMHO. Cameron...See More- 12 years ago
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