Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific Name: Agastache rupestris Apricot Spirit
Common Name: Apricot Spirit Agastache, Apricot Spirit Hyssop
Description | A free flowering compact Agastache. |
Pronunciation | (ag-ah-STACH-ee)(rew-PES-tris) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | (6)7-9 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average, moist well drained |
Flowers | apriocot, 1/4 inch long, packed into 5 inch tight spikes |
Leaves | gray green, licorice or anise fragrant |
Stems | square |
Dimensions | 2 feet tall, 18 inches wide, upright |
Maintenance | responds to fertilization, deadhead to increase flowers |
Native Site | species plant native to native the mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico |
Cultivar Origin | Hybridized by Richard Dufresne of North Carolina (USA), species plant native to native the mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, and Chihuahua, Mexico |
Misc Facts | attracts butterflies, resistant to deer and rabbits, rupestris means living among rocks |
Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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