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Tango Agastache

Agastache aurantiaca 'Tango'

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• Agastache aurantiaca ‘Tango’ (Hummingbird Mint) is a compact, cold hardy, native hybrid perennial that blooms all season long
• A profusion of bright orange flower with hints of pale purple, and exotic-looking nectar rich flowers attract hummingbirds and bumblebees
• Both the flowers and foliage have a strong minty scent when touched, and aromatic foliage helps to deter deer and rabbits

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Description

14"? tall x 14-16"? wide. 'Tango' Dwarf Hummingbird Mint (Agastache aurantiaca) is a compact and cold hardy selection of Agastache that thrives in ground beds and container gardens. With extended bloom time from late spring to frost in the fall, you'll see plenty of hummingbirds and bumblebees flocking to vibrant orange flowers. Best planted in full sun, 'Tango' likes a fast draining soil and doesn't grow well in clay. A unique variety introduced by Jelitto Perennial Seeds. 'Tango' is an excellent companion plant for English lavender and yellow Achillea.

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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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 fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Late spring to fall

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Native
  • Mass Plantings
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Low Maintenance
  • Cut Flowers
  • Fragrant
  • Container Planting
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Additional information

Mature Height

14" tall

Mature Spread

14-16" wide

Soil Type

  • Average Soil
  • Sandy Soil
  • Compost Enriched Garden Loam Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Waterwise

Planting Time

  • Fall

Growing Zones

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

Can Send To PO Box

No

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

No

Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 12 reviews.

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Completes my garden

"The plants just came in and though it's been a short time there's roots are establishing nicely and I've already gotten flower shoots. I cannot wait until they grow taller and Fuller."

— MARY (4/5)

I Don't Like To Complain, But You Did Ask

"I tried my best plant paramedics on these three plants without success. They were dead when I received them and remain so."

— Gardener G. (1/5)

disappointed did not overwinter

"did not make over winter - looked nice when planted in fall"

— Gram (2/5)

Very Pretty

"I bought this for container gardening. It is doing very well."

— Grandma M. (4/5)

I have bought this plant again and again. It is very drought

"Very colorful with apricot blooms throughout the hot summer"

— Rabbit (5/5)

Worth a second attempt

"I bought three of these in a previous year. One didn't make it, but it could be because I moved it. The other two have done very nicely. I ordered this one to replace the one that I lost because I liked the other two so much. It's too early in the season to know if it will do well, but if it's anything like the others, it will be fine. I do want to mention, that the soil is rather clayish, and even then the other two have done spectacularly during the last two years. I'm hopeful that this replacement will as well."

— 1chikafina (4/5)

Beautiful

"Healthy beautiful plants"

— NC G. (5/5)

I don't know if I will buy this one again.

"The first one I bought died. The second one is growing but is not as attractive as the picture. I'll see what happens next season and decide whether or not I will keep it in my collection."

— Vins (3/5)

Get these! You won't be sorry!

"My hummingbirds are all over them. The exact reason I bought them. Wanted a hummingbird magnet. I got it."

— Suki (5/5)

Very loud

"My garden style is get 3-5 of a plant. Plant in multiple places. Once the happiest one shows it's glory. Then move anyone still alive (lol) to the happy spot. These guys like sun!!! Very loud fragrance!!!l they are not an attention hog from a distance. On garden walks they do grab attention and the sinus. The hummingbirds do fight over it too."

— Ocean C. (5/5)

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