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Agastache rupestris
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Code: SAR1
Price: $2.50
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'Thread Leaf Giant Hyssop' or 'Sunset Hyssop' LAMIACEAE:
These bushy plants grow 25-30 inches tall and have light gray-green stems and leaves. Flowers are light orange-pink with darker, lower lips. The flowers are long tubs and Humming birds and butterflies love to feed out of them. The normal blooming period is from July to late August but with some deadheading plants will bloom all the way into fall. Attractive and different for well-drained and dry locations in full sun. Not hardy in the north but performs well grown as an annual. A much-loved plant by those that have grow it. Use in full sun in well draining soils, adapts well to dryer conditions. Sow at F 70, germination in 5-15 days, grow out on the dry side, do not water-log the soil medium. The species name means something to the effect 'Rock Loving'.
Zones (5)6-9. This species is native to mountainous areas in Arizona and New Mexico. Sow at F 70, germination in 5-15 days, Surface sow, light helps with germination.
50 seeds
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