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Anise hyssop seedling question

jeremiahgoudreau

4 years ago

Hi folks,

Just curious if the seedlings of my anise hyssop will be the same as the parents or a cross? I've got five different types.

Thanks :)

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Jay 6a Chicago

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

I saw it somewhere that Kudos Coral was a hybrid. Most of the yellow, orange, hot pink Agastache cultivars are hybrids of usually southwestern species like A. cana and A. rupestris. Probably why they only last a season or 2 in my zone, even tho advertised to be hardy. lol! There are 17 different species of Agastache in North America. The cultivars of the southwestern hybrids might cross with each other, as would any nativars of Agastache foeniculum. The A. foeniculum might cross with very similar species in the same color spectrum like A. rugosa, but I'm not sure about that lol. I wouldn't worry about any orange/purple color combos. Common names like anise hyssup can be missused and confusing. I'm pretty sure Kudos Coral is aromatic, but it doesn't smell like anise. Good job with the seed saving!

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Jay 6a Chicago
4 years ago
What do you mean by 'types'? Cultivars? Or different species of Agastache?
jeremiahgoudreau
Original Author
4 years ago
Different cultivars like Blue Boa, Kudos Coral, Ambrosia, etc.
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Jay 6a Chicago
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Well, Anise hyssup is the common name for Agastache foeniculum. Ambrosia and Kudos Coral are cultivars of a different species of Agastache. Your question was confusing because you grouped them all together as anise hyssup. To answer your question, I don't believe the 2 or more species involved will cross over species, but the A. foeniculum cultivars will cross and same thing if other cultivars are the same species. I'm just speaking from personal experience, and I've never seen different species of agastache cross. If you do end up with any unusual plants we'd love an update.

I can understand why people get confused. The Kudos is advertised as anise hyssup. They usually call the other species hummingbird mints.
jeremiahgoudreau
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks for the info!

I'm still a little confused. I cant find the species name other than "Agastache 'Kudos Coral' Plant patent 25,613" for example. So, Im assuming this means they are hybrids?
jeremiahgoudreau
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks for the info! :)

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