

Agastache repestris is also called licorice mint and grows 42 inches (107 cm.) tall with coral flowers. Suggested Agastache Varieties #Īs with all plants, there are continuous new introductions to the cultivated world of Hyssop.
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Flowers begin showing up in midsummer and can continue to produce until the first frost when the plant will die back. Blooms may be peach, mauve, pink, white, lavender, and even orange. Hummingbird mint has lance-shaped, toothy leaves with a grayish green hue. Many varieties of Hyssop can get up to 4 feet (1 m.) in height, but most remain only 12 to 18 inches (31-46 cm.) tall. These plants are hardy to USDA zone 5 and survive freezing winters with some mulch over the root zone quite well, provided soils drain freely. Hyssop flowers are also edible and a colorful way to brighten the kitchen garden. All Agastache plant types produce bushy plants with colorful spikes of flowers. In fact, another name for the plant is hummingbird mint.

Agastache plants are known for their brightly colored blooms, which attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
