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Agastache rupestris |
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| Common name |
sunset hyssop |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-8) |
| Flowers |
soft orange (summer) |
| Size |
3' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature with exposure to light; germination may be spotty
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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I got this in May at the HPS/MAG plant sale, sized like a seedling, labeled 'Apache Sunset'. Two months later, it has grown large enough to flower, although it is still a small plant. Supposedly the foliage smells like root beer - I'll have to remember to try that sometime. The original plant didn't survive the winter, but offspring from its seed should take its place. Maybe we'll have to grow this as an annual.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: the lane About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Rhonda Freedman | May 25, 2006 | I suspect it may have had other issues, maybe too wet over winter? I live in southwest Michigan, zone 5 and have had no trouble with it returning even without mulch. It is a lovely plant. I do so love your website. If I lived closer, I would attend your sale as well.
You may be right - although ours was growing in a raised bed, where drainage should have been better than average. I think I noticed a few seedlings returning this year - keeping my fingers crossed... |
- Seed from '02 HPS/MAG distribution. Baggy 70F (4w) - 35F (5w) - 70F (3w; no G)
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 70F with light (25%G, 3d)
Seeds that look perfectly plump and viable just won't germinate. I guess it's finnicky about life.
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