Agastache ‘Apache Sunset’

Spikes of tubular flowers in rich shades of peach, orange, and rose provide striking contrast to the cool, silvery green, finely textured foliage. The leaves are profoundly aromatic, with scents akin to anise, mint or even root beer, depending on your olfactory inclination. A heavy bloomer from June to October, superb for cutting and attracting bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.

Spikes of vivid, pink flowers project above a flush of fresh green and profoundly aromatic foliage. This 18- to 24-inch plant will reward you with blooms, butterflies, bees and beneficials from early summer through to a hard frost.

Indulge your senses with ‘Astello Indigo’ — fabulous dark, green, mint-scented foliage, layered with long-lasting, stately, deep blue flower spikes.  Irresistible to bees and butterflies, a spectacle when planted en masse in landscapes, and a great pop of blue for your containers. A long-lasting bloomer that will not disappoint.

Commonly called Licorice Mint, this flowering herb is adorned with violet-blue, profoundly fragrant, bottlebrush flower spikes that persist through the summer and fall. Heat and drought tolerant, insect and disease resistant, this easy to establish perennial is superb for cutting and attracting bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.

Bring the easy care and pest resistance of traditional Agastache into your garden with this new longer-blooming, boldly colored form. ‘Bolero’ provides an endless show of color and scent. Licorice scented, deep bronze, lush foliage by mid-summer is topped with rosy-purple tubular flowers enclosed in a purple calyx that persists through the fall. This aromatic is truly magnificent. Craving only sunshine and well-drained soil this plant will attract every honeybee, butterfly and hummingbird in the neighborhood.

Lemony-scented, blue-green foliage gives way to a cocktail of color with apricot, pale pink, and cream tubular blooms on the same 36-inch tall, flowering stalk.  This long summer bloomer that is heat and drought tolerant, low maintenance, and will entice butterflies and hummingbirds to sample the nectar rich blooms until ‘last call’. 

One of the most profuse and longest-blooming Agastache, Coronado has a bushy upright habit with 24- to 30-inch, tangerine and raspberry brushed, tubular blooms atop silvery-green aromatic foliage. This drought-tolerant, care-free, enduring bloomer is an excellent choice for attracting birds, bees and beneficial insects to your garden from early June until frost.

A kaleidoscope of brilliant colors garnish this lovely delight. Tubular raspberry, lilac and orange flowers in summer and fall sit a top lacy, fragrant leaves on bushy 2 foot tall plants. Like other Agastache, the highly aromatic foliage is irresistible to butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.

An All-American Selections Award Winner boasting blue-lavender bottle-brush flowers atop lush, rich chartreuse-yellow, mint-scented foliage. Best if given a bit of shade to protect the foliage color. This 30-inch looker is a pollinator’s dream! Gardeners love it too!

This 30-inch Hyssop will reward you with a long-lasting display of large, dark-pink flower spikes atop gray-green aromatic foliage. Hummingbirds and other pollinators love this carefree and drought tolerant plant.

An exceptional performer in the sun-drenched garden. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds love to sample the nectar rich blooms of these tall bushy plants. Strongly anise-scented foliage and long blue flowers spikes will persist from early summer through until frost. Low maintenance, tolerates heat and drought once established.

Looking for more native species for your garden? Purple Giant is the only native Agastache species in Massachusetts — Listed as Endangered under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act. Statelier than most, it reaches up to 4-feet tall and is topped with silvery-purple flowers from July through September. An aromatic, floriferous and drought tolerant addition to your perennial beds and wildflower gardens. Like all Agastache, a pollinator’s delight!

Add drifts of soft color and heady scent to your gardens with this neat and tidy variety. Graceful wands of lavender-rose tubular blooms atop gray-green aromatic foliage beckon hummingbirds, pollinators and beneficials. A carefree, long summer bloomer that is low maintenance, heat and drought tolerant. Eye-catching when massed.