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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 36 inches
Plant Spread: 18 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Other: Gray foliage
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Orange
Other: Deeply colored orange flowers, Orange-red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Good self-seeder
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Parentage: Agastache rupestris x Desert Sunrise

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Common names
  • Anise Hyssop
  • Agastache

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Location: In my garden. 
Date: 2011-11-02
Dried Flower Spike in the middle.

Date: 2011-11-02
Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Mar 7, 2013 2:14 AM concerning plant:
    Agastache 'Orange Flare' was introduced by David Salman of High Country Gardens (Santa Fe, NM) in 2006.

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