Watering: Agastache is a drought-tolerant herb, especially once established. Also, planting Agastache plants closer together in groups will allow them to support each other and not blow over as easily during a summer storm. If you're trying to grow straighter stems for cutting, you can stake them once the flower stalks form. Staking: Agastache is a strong-stemmed plant that usually doesn't need staking or support. Newer varieties have a broader range of flower spike colors. It sends up flower spikes of purple-to-blue colored flowers from early summer until fall. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.Growth Habit: Agastache grows 2 to 4 feet tall and one foot wide in an upright form. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Kudos™ Red Hyssop is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It can be propagated by division however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for alkaline soils, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water.
#AGASTACHE KUDOS RED FULL#
This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen! As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 6 years. Kudos™ Red Hyssop will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity extending to 20 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 25 inches. Kudos™ Red Hyssop is recommended for the following landscape applications It has no significant negative characteristics. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage. Kudos™ Red Hyssop is an open herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its attractive fragrant narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season. Kudos™ Red Hyssop features airy spikes of lightly-scented red tubular flowers rising above the foliage from early summer to early fall, which emerge from distinctive dark red flower buds. Other Names: Anise Hyssop, Licorice Mint, Hummingbird MintĮasy to grow perennial flowers on airy spikes add lovely texture to any garden outstanding true red color a favorite for native butterflies and hummingbirds aromatic, licorice scented foliage for a fragrant garden
0 kommentar(er)
