Hopeful
"This is my first time trying to grow agastaches. Outside of the prime environment. Central Texas, on the edge of the hill country. Zone 9a, little rain. Alkaline soil. I bought several agastaches and other plants, including one Rosie Posie. The Rosie Posie is the healthiest one so far. In two months it has grown from a little 4 inch start to 6" x 18" across by 6" tall. Actually, for the first couple of weeks it looked sickly and languished. It was in a bed with improved soil, with lots of compost. I then moved it to another site with native, lean soil, with a little clay, a generous helping of expanded shale and a little perlite. It's now really taken off growing. Foliage color is fine. I am waiting to see how well it blooms and survives."