Agastache are hardy perennials with strongly fragrant foliage and tall, long lasting spikes of flowers, making them a very useful and attractive garden plant.
They grow to approx. 50cm tall, can generally tolerate frosts and heat quite well, are quick growing and can be used for making herbal teas.
Being abundantly floriferous they are attractive to birds, bees and butterflies, they go well when planted en masse in borders and especially well in pots on the patio, bringing their lovely foliage fragrance close to where it will be appreciated.
Noted hybrids include:-
Agastache aurantiaca 'Tango'
Agastache mexicana 'Sangria'
Agastache rugosa 'Korean Mint'
Agastache x 'Black Adder'
while Agastache 'Blue Fortune' was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.