Quackin Grass Nursery

Agastache rupestris - Masses of pretty orange to burnished orange tubular flowers backed with a touch of lavender-purple blossom successively for a string of weeks end in summer on an upright mounding plant that may reach as tall as four feet. The matte-finished foliage is gray-green and smells strongly of anise when one brushes up against it. It's olfactoriously delicious... yeah, yeah - I know it's a completely made-up word - bad, BAD English. BAD Wayne! Sunset Hyssop draws hummingbirds. GOOD plant! Agastache rupestris also goes by the common names of Rock Anise Hyssop, Licorice Plant, Thread-leaf Giant Hyssop and Licorice Mint. Enough already... you get the idea. Sunset Hyssop's originates in the mountains of Arizona. Full blazing sun in very lean, draining soil. Sandy, scrabbled soil is best. A little dolomitic limestone in the planting hole wouldn't hurt. May be a relatively short-lived perennial but will self-sow if conditions fit enough of the aggregate components of its requirements. Established plants are seed grown.