A particularly good variety to consider is agastache rose mint (Agastache pallidiflora) -- the pink and purple flowers on this plant look picture-perfect, and the plant has a fragrant minty smell.

Agastache cana 'Texas hummingbird mint': Rose/pink. 36' tall. Agastache cana x barberi 'Ava': Rose/pink flowers. 36-48' tall. Agastache coccinea x rupestris 'Firebird': Fiery copper orange/coral ...

Also: Agastache rugosum, “Korean” hyssop, with its intense mint scent; Agastache “Black Adder” (violet-blue and grape bi-color flowers). Blue agastaches are a good choice for wetter gardens.

The OregonianAgastache 'Blue Fortune' For years agastache was lost to me in the clutter of trendier plants. ... (licorice mint). Small, rose-violet flowers on 1- to 3-foot-tall stems. USDA Zone 8.

If you were to imagine an ideal perennial, would it have dense spikes of tubular flowers that bloom from June to frost and don't require deadheading? Would it perform in the heat of summer and ...

The Santa Fe nursery specializes in hardy, drought-tolerant plants, which is enough of a reason to pay attention to their new introductions. This year, I'm loving Agastache 'Blue Blazes.' Thanks ...

If the world of gardening could have an "it girl," one good candidate would be agastache. This versatile member of the mint family (Lamiaceae) has burst from the pack to make quite a splash this ...

Agastache's winning ways. Like many tales of the West, how the agastache, or hummingbird mint, grew from a niche plant of the Arizona and New Mexico hills to one of the best- loved and most ...