Agastache 'Summer Love'  (Agastache)

Origin:  Hybridizer, Egger (2009)
Family:  Lamiaceae
Light:  Full sun
Height:  2-4'
Spacing:  1.5-3'
Blooms:  Fragrant, fuschia, long blooming, mid-Summer
Foliage:  Herbaceous, aromatic, green
Soil:  Well-drained, mildly acidic, mildly alkaline, neutral
Water:  Regular
Uses:  Perennial bed, container, borders, hummingbird garden, butterfly garden, cut flowers
Propagation:  Seeds (Direct sow in Fall or start indoors in Winter)

Comments:  Agastache 'Summer Love' or Agastache is a fabulous hybrid perennial with an upright, compact growth habit.  It is of hybrid origin by hybridizer Eggar (1990).  In mid-Summer, Agastache 'Summer Love' constantly bear small,  fragrant fuschia, tubular flowers, followed later by seeds.  Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees are magnetized by the nectar-rich blossoms of Agastache 'Summer Love' while birds especially goldfinches enjoy feasting on the seeds.  It has herbaceous licorice-scented leaves.  Agastache 'Summer Love' is easily propagated from seeds.  It thrives best in well-drained, mildly acidic, alkaline or neutral soil in a sunny location. Agastache 'Summer  Love' is low maintenance.  It self sows readily.  Deers would not go near it.  Mass plant Agastache 'Summer Love' for a terrific display in the perennial borders.  It can also be container cultivated.  Cut back plants to about 6" in the Fall.  The licorice scent and bright colors makes Agastache 'Summer Love' a great addition to the Summer landscape.

USDA Zones:  6-9

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Image of butterfly and hummingbird attractor, Agastache 'Summer Love' or Agastache

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