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Agastache 'Blue Fortune' |
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| Common name |
hyssop |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
lavender (summer) |
| Size |
2-3' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
Hybrid of Agastache foeniculum and Agastache rugosa, with spikes of nearly-blue flowers.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back yard island About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Ann Leonard | Jul 25, 2005 | How do you propagate the Blue Fortune Agastache? I planted one last year and I'd love to share it with friends. One problem I have had is it's become so large that it's falling over. I need to try to either stake it back or prune it. The bees love it, too.
I haven't tried to propagate it yet, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it referred to as a self-seeder. I must not take very good care of it, because it doesn't get tall enough to flop for me... |
| Maggy | Sep 08, 2005 | The real Agastache 'Blue Fortune' is a sterile hybrid, so it will not self- seed. You can propagate it by division or by cuttings taken before flowering. Sterility was the reason for its selection, because self-seeding can be a big problem with some Agastache. Sterility also increases the flowering time.
Thanks Maggy! I'm pretty sure my plant (from a local plant swap) was a seedling, so its probably not the real thing. |
| Barbara | Oct 26, 2009 | Thanks for the comment on the sterility. Definitely hasn't self-sown, although I've been trying to encourage it. It grows tough stems that tend to fall over in my hilly rock garden. Bees love it and it still has appeal with the dried "seedheads." This year I had no problem with deer or other critters, though in the past, they've been nibbled. |
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