Agastache plants will easily self-seed in good growing conditions. Like Korean Hyssop, such as Korean Zest Agastache, this cultivar will also perform well outside of the West in the wetter winter climates of the Midwest and East. Deadhead spent flowers to promote additional bloom. ‘Blue Fortune’ is a European hybrid hyssop known for its vigor, cold hardiness, and adaptability to grow across much of the US.Agastache are generally disease and pest free (they might occasionally be subject to powdery mildew) and resistant to deer and rabbits.Drought, dry soil, and heat tolerant once established.Kudos offers an upright bushy habit of 20-27' tall and 12-24' wide. This variety is also super-hardy and extremely downy mildew resistant. Agastache are easily grown in full sun, in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils. Kudos Silver Blue, also known as Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop, is a hybrid Terra Nova Nurseries developed as a genetically dwarfed Agastache with no need for growth regulators.Agastache attract streams of hummingbirds, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators.They are perfect for prairie plantings where they will self-seed and thrive without maintenance. They create a stunning effect when mixed with other perennials or planted en masse. Agastache plants provide a bold visual impact in beds, borders, wildflower gardens, herb gardens, butterfly gardens, or prairie gardens over a very long season, typically from early summer to early fall.All have spires of two-lipped flowers, delicately shaded by darker calyxes colors, creating a harmonious ensemble of colorful spikes rising above foliage mounds and invariably drawing the eye.There are about 30 species of Agastache but only 4 are typically found in our gardens: Agastache foeniculum, Agastache mexicana, Agastache rugosa, and Agastache rupestris.And they are not only pleasing to people - bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies adore them too. Grow in full sun with good drainage and moderate to occasional watering. The flowers are highly attractive to a wide array of pollinators including bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Agastache are beautiful, aromatic herbaceous perennials, rich in many qualities: broad color palette, lovely vertical lines, abundant blooms, drought and heat tolerance, and great versatility. 'Silver Blue' produces an abundance of lavender-blue tubular flowers on lush fragrant foliage growing 16 - 24 inches tall x 24 inches wide.
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