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Ava Agastache

Agastache x 'Ava'

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per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
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ZONES  5-10 | Good to grow! Zone
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• Agastache x 'Ava' is one of High Country Gardens very best plant introductions
• Tall spikes of deep rose-pink flowers held by raspberry-red calyxes bloom for months in summer
• Sweetly scented foliage brings soothing fragrance to your garden
• Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric)
• A High Country Gardens introduction. 2005 HCG Plant of The Year

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Of all the Hummingbird Mint varieties High Country Gardens has released (and they are our specialty), Ava Agastache is our finest introduction. This stately hybrid between Agastache cana and Agastache barberi will be the centerpiece of any planting with its huge spikes of deep rose-pink flowers, raspberry-red calyxes, and sweetly scented foliage. Flowering begins in mid-summer and continues for months, the spikes elongate up to a foot or more in length and intensifying in color with each passing week.

"Unlike any other Agastache I've grown, Ava's calyxes retain their intense coloration keeping the plant beautiful until hard frost," said chief horticulturist David Salman.

This plant takes two to three growing seasons to reach mature size and will live for many years when happy. Plant in enriched, well-drained garden soil. Fertilize annually in mid-fall and leave the stems standing through winter. Cut back entire plant back to 3” in mid-spring (not in the fall) (cutting propagated). 2005 Plant of the Year.

Flat of 9 plants will cover 18 square feet when planted together


Planting & Care

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.

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Key Features

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Native
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Dried Flowers
  • Fragrant
  • Container Planting
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Mid summer to fall

Additional information

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Soil Moisture

  • Waterwise

Water Tolerance

Low-Water

Soil Type

  • Well-Drained Soil
  • Low Fertility Soil
  • Sandy Soil

Mature Height

48-60" tall

Mature Spread

24" wide

Growing Zones

  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10

Ideal Region

  • Western Only
  • Southwest
  • West
  • Pacific Northwest

Native To

North America

Awards

HCG Plant Of The Year
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