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Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin

Kudos™ Mandarin Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop)

Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin (Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) has showy, bright-orange flowers on short flower spikes which are highly attractive to hummingbirds. Its compact size and bushy habit gives it a neat and tidy appearance, while it blooms from early summer through September.
Zones 5 - 10
Advantages
Deer Resistant
Attract Butterflies
Attract Hummingbirds
Bee Friendly
Fragrant
Cut Flowers
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Annual Rainfall
10 to 20"
20 to 30"
30 to 40"
Mature Plant Size 18" tall 16" wide
Bloom Time Early summer to fall
Shipping Shipping begins the week of February 25th, 2019 Learn More…
Size Plant - 5" Pot
SKU HC017277

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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Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin (Hummingbird Mint or Hyssop) is a long blooming grower with dense bright-orange flowers held on short, tight growing spikes. Flowering at a height of slightly less than 2 ft., the plant has a tight mounding habit. Its pleasantly aromatic foliage and flowers will deter deer from browsing. Kudos™ Mandarin has excellent cold hardiness and unlike some orange Agastache varieties, it can be grown across most of the US. A full sun planting site is best. Plant in containers or toward the front of garden beds in fast-draining soil--sandy or loam is preferred--avoid clay. This plant is an excellent companion alongside Blanket Flower (Gaillardia), English Lavender and Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia). A Terra Nova Nurseries introduction.
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SKU
HC017277
Item Package Size
Plant - 5" Pot
Common Name
Kudos™ Mandarin Hummingbird Mint (Hyssop)
Botanical Name
Agastache Kudos™ Mandarin PP#25,381
Patent
PP#25,381
Zones
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Flower Color
Orange
Height
18 inches
Mature Height
18" tall
Mature Spread
16" wide
Bloom Time
Late Spring - Early Summer, Mid - Late Summer
Bloom Time
Early summer to fall
Ships As
Potted Plant
Soil Type
Sandy Soil, Average Soil, Compost Enriched Garden Loam Soil
Soil Moisture
Average, Well Draining
Amount Of Rain
10 to 20", 20 to 30", 30 to 40"
Advantages
Deer Resistant, Attract Butterflies, Attract Hummingbirds, Bee Friendly, Fragrant, Cut Flowers
Ideal Region
Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West, Southwest, Pacific Northwest
Planting Time
Spring / Summer, Fall
Neonicotinoid Free
Yes - Learn More
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 and Planters II.
  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 Part 1, and Agastache: Super-Stars of the Perennial World Part II.

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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