Agastache nepetoides / Yellow giant hyssop
Type: Perennial
Habitat: Low, moist edge of the woods and meadows
Light: Part shade to part sun
Soil: Medium moisture
Growth: 4’-6’ tall
Bloom: Yellow from July-Oct
Spreads: prolifically by seed and slowly by rhizome
Maintenance: remove plants that have seeded in unwanted areas. Plant can be staked to prevent falling over
Benefits: bumblebees, flies, predatory insects
Prolific spreader by seed with tall flowers. Very valuable to a large variety of pollinators including bees, butterflies, Syrphid flies, and many species of predatory insects. Does not do well in dry sunny areas. This plants primary use in ornamental gardens is for its foliage as only several of its flowers are ever in bloom at the one time.
Type: Perennial
Habitat: Low, moist edge of the woods and meadows
Light: Part shade to part sun
Soil: Medium moisture
Growth: 4’-6’ tall
Bloom: Yellow from July-Oct
Spreads: prolifically by seed and slowly by rhizome
Maintenance: remove plants that have seeded in unwanted areas. Plant can be staked to prevent falling over
Benefits: bumblebees, flies, predatory insects
Prolific spreader by seed with tall flowers. Very valuable to a large variety of pollinators including bees, butterflies, Syrphid flies, and many species of predatory insects. Does not do well in dry sunny areas. This plants primary use in ornamental gardens is for its foliage as only several of its flowers are ever in bloom at the one time.
Type: Perennial
Habitat: Low, moist edge of the woods and meadows
Light: Part shade to part sun
Soil: Medium moisture
Growth: 4’-6’ tall
Bloom: Yellow from July-Oct
Spreads: prolifically by seed and slowly by rhizome
Maintenance: remove plants that have seeded in unwanted areas. Plant can be staked to prevent falling over
Benefits: bumblebees, flies, predatory insects
Prolific spreader by seed with tall flowers. Very valuable to a large variety of pollinators including bees, butterflies, Syrphid flies, and many species of predatory insects. Does not do well in dry sunny areas. This plants primary use in ornamental gardens is for its foliage as only several of its flowers are ever in bloom at the one time.
