Best In Show Agastache Collection

Our Best In Show Agastache Collection features five Hummingbird Mint cultivars introduced by High Country Gardens Founder, David Salman. He was passionate about Agastache plants: “They have everything I love in a perennial: aromatic flowers and foliage, stunning spikes of tubular flowers that attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies, they bloom in summer and fall, extending the seasons of color in my xeriscapes, and they are North American native plants.” Collection of 5 or 15 plants.
Zones5 - 9
Advantages
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Attract Butterflies
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Attract Hummingbirds
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Deer Resistant
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Native
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Extended Bloom Time (more than 4 weeks)
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Fragrant Flower / Foliage
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Rabbit Resistant
Light Requirements
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Full Sun
Water Tolerance
Low-Water
Mature Height Heights vary from 24-54" tall
Mature SpreadCollection of 5 covers approx. 8 sq. ft.

Collection of 15 covers approx. 24 sq. ft.
Bloom TimeEarly to late summer
Shipping DetailsShipping begins the week of August 28th, 2023 Learn More…
SKUHC017220

USDA Hardiness Planting Zones

To determine if a plant is sufficiently cold hardy, the USDA created numbered zones indicating winter low temperatures; the lower the zone number the colder the winter.

  • If the coldest winter temperature expected in your area is -15°F (zone 5) then any plants rated zones 3-5 will survive the winter temperatures in your area.
  • If you live in very warm winter areas (zones 9-11) plants with zones 3-4 ratings are not recommended. The lack of freezing winter temperatures do not provide a time for winter dormancy (rest).

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High Country Gardens is known for our fantastic Agastache offerings, and our Best In Show Agastache Collection includes five cultivars introduced by our founder, David Salman. Hummingbird Mints, as their name suggests, are very attractive to hummingbirds. With so many varieties of colorful Agastache plants in bloom from early summer through fall, you'll invite hummingbirds to call your garden home.

Our Agastache Best In Show Collection is available in two sizes. Collection of 5 (1 of each) covers approximately 8 square feet when planted together. Collection of 15 (3 of each), covers approximately 24 sq. ft. when planted together.

Plants are subject to change due to availability. No planting map included.

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Associated SKUsHC017220
HC017138 (Collection of 5)
HC017139 (Collection of 15)
Common Name
Agastache Best In Show Collection
Zones
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Flower Color
Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Mixed
Mature Height
Heights vary from 24-54" tall
Mature Spread
Collection of 5 covers approx. 8 sq. ft.

Collection of 15 covers approx. 24 sq. ft.
Bloom Time
Early to late summer
Ships As
Potted Plant
Soil Type
Average Soil, Well-Drained Soil
Soil Moisture
Average
Advantages
Attract Butterflies, Attract Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Native, Extended Bloom Time (more than 4 weeks), Fragrant Flower / Foliage, Rabbit Resistant
Special Groups
High Country Gardens Exclusive, High Country Gardens Introduction
Ideal Region
West, Western Only, Southwest, Pacific Northwest
Planting Time
Spring / Summer, Fall
Neonicotinoid Free
Ships To Canada
No
Planting Guides

Tips for growing Agastache

Agastache are sun loving plants with aromatic foliage and flowers. They bloom from mid-summer into early fall and are resistant to rabbits and deer.

Agastache need lean, well-drained soils, prefer gravel mulches, and appreciate deep but infrequent watering after their second growing season

  1. Provide a fast draining soil that's naturally low in fertility, Don't plant into clay soils.
  2. Plant in full hot sun.
  3. Just a few handfuls of compost in the planting hole is enough. Don't plant into a rich, highly amended soil..
  4. Fertilize the Agastache just once in fall with Yum Yum Mix.
  5. New transplants need regular irrigation their first growing season to establish themselves. Watering can be reduced greatly during the second growing season when the plants have matured.

To improve winter-hardiness, and encourage re-seeding, leave the stems intact over the winter. In mid-spring, remove old stems just above the new foliage, about 4 or 5 inches above ground level.

If your conditions don't lend themselves to growing Agastache in your garden, they do well planted in containers.

More in-depth guidance for growing Agastache: Agastache Growing Tips, Agastache: Super-Stars of the Perennial World, and All About Planting Agastache.


View more Planting Guides, or download our complete Planting Guide for tips on caring for your plants when you receive your order, as well as planting instructions for Perennials, Spring-Planted Bulbs, Fall-Planted Bulbs, Cacti & Succulents, Xeric Plants and more.
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Zone 2Shipping begins the week of August 28th, 2023
Zone 3Shipping begins the week of August 28th, 2023
Zone 4Shipping begins the week of August 28th, 2023
Zone 5Shipping begins the week of September 4th, 2023
Zone 6Shipping begins the week of September 11th, 2023
Zone 7Shipping begins the week of September 18th, 2023
Zone 8Shipping begins the week of September 25th, 2023
Zone 9Shipping begins the week of October 2nd, 2023
Zone 10Shipping begins the week of October 9th, 2023

As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat.  The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and spring-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

Perennials and spring-planted bulbs are shipped at the proper planting time for your hardiness zone. Perennial and spring-planted bulb orders will arrive separately from seeds. If your order requires more than one shipment and all items are shipping to the same address, there is no additional shipping charge. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service toll-free at (800) 925-9387 or contact us by email.

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