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Blue Boa Agastache

Agastache x 'Blue Boa' PP#24050

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• Agastache x 'Blue Boa' (Giant Hyssop) is a stunning North American native cultivar that blooms nonstop in summer
• Showy violet-blue flowers on large terminal spikes attract pollinators like native bees, hummingbirds, butterflies and beneficial insects
• Perfect for sunny borders, along walkways and in butterfly gardens, 'Blue Boa' is deer and rabbit resistant
• Colorado State University Perennial Trials rated this a Top Performer of 2014 for its ability to thrive in Rocky Mountain gardens

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Description

Agastache 'Blue Boa' PP#24,050 (Hummingbird Mint). With deep purple-violet blooms, ‘Blue Boa’ is a sturdy upright grower that has large green leaves. It grows best in fast-draining soil and average moisture levels. Leave the stems in place over the winter months to improve cold hardiness. This perennial is a stunning hybrid variety of hummingbird mint that blooms from mid-to-late summer and has won the 2013 title of “Too Good to Wait Performer” at the Colorado State Perennial Trials. Seedlings will not be true-to-type and should be weeded out. 24" tall x 18-24" wide.

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

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Water Tolerance

Low-Water

Bloom Time

Mid to late summer

Advantages

  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Fragrant
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Additional information

Mature Height

24-32" tall

Mature Spread

18-24" wide

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average

Planting Time

  • Fall

Growing Zones

  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes

Ships As

Potted Plant

Can Send To PO Box

No

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

No

Overall rating: 4.3636365 / 5 from 11 reviews.

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Low Maintenance, Pretty, Pollinators love it!

"I'm not a stranger to Agastache. I already planted a licorice version 3 years ago and it has become a show stopper in my rock garden. I love it so much that I decided to buy more agastache from High Country Gardens. Being low maintenance and low water usage is also a huge plus. I am very pleased with the health and beauty of this plant and how well packaged it was as well, especially since the USPS ignored the arrows up and live plants labels on the sides of the box. I'm eager to watch it grow and attract more bees and butterflies to my rock garden!"

— Mountain M. (5/5)

Healthy Plants

"Planted three of these plants in a small perimeter area in the back of my home. They arrived healthy and are growing well. Much better quality than anything I have purchased locally."

— Alice (5/5)

Don't bother- Not hardy

"Planted last year. This spring not one came back. All of them died"

— J (1/5)

Excellent Plants

"These are just like in the website pictures. Easy to deal with."

— Chris (5/5)

Drought tolerant, deer resistant and beautiful color

"Looks fantastic right behind my ""Blue Hill"" salvia. Long bloomer. The hummingbirds really do visit it, as described. I think I only watered it once all spring and summer. Deer don't bother it. I like the mid sized height. When all the other perennials have stopped blooming, this just goes on and on. I love that about it. On my border, I have rose vervain in front , then blue hill salvia behind that, and then Blue Boa agastache right behind that. Great color combination! worth the money!"

— Gone N. (5/5)

Absolutely love the Hummingbird attracter plants !!

"For this year placed in railing planters to attract hummingbirds to deck!"

— Dave (5/5)

Nice healthy plant

"Strong plant which is growing well."

— Hulk (4/5)

So far. so good!

"It's still too early in the year in the PNW to tell if it's a keeper or not, but they arrived healthy, and there seems to be a bloom on one of them. I have high hopes."

— 1chikafina (5/5)

Impressed

"Arrived in excellent shape! Growing well and beginning to form buds. Photos later. Would buy from you again. Thanks"

— P. J. (5/5)

Hmmm. . . Too Soon to Tell

"Planted this spring but plant is very slow to establish in spot where agastaches do well. Healthy but only about 8 inches tall with a single flower stalk. I am hoping it is just slowto get going. Very pretty flower, with more robust foliage and a fatter flower raceme than many agastaches. Time will tell."

— OnceUponAConeflower (3/5)

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