Blue Boa Hummingbird Mint Agastache 'Blue Boa'
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- ag-ah-STA-kee
- Description
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'Blue Boa' Giant Hyssop is a hybrid cultivar with deep purple-blue flowers in the mint family. It is a more compact variety, growing only 2.5 feet tall. The fragrant flowers and leaves are loved by a great variety of pollinators. You will love the long season of bloom from early summer to frost of tall spikes of purple-blue flowers.
Good drainage is important to these plants. Use raised beds or containers to provide the necessary drainage. Do not over-fertilize and plant in full sun for best results.
Use near the front of the perennial border and in rock gardens or containers and watch the pollinators flock to the flowers.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Pollinator Garden in Full Sun
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Agastache
- Family:
- Lamiaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Biennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- SW USA
- Wildlife Value:
- Attracts a variety of pollinators
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Deer and rabbit resistant
- Dimensions:
- Height: 2 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 6 in.
- Width: 1 ft. 6 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Perennial
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Clumping
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
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Fruit:
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Fruit Type:
- Capsule
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Blue
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Spike
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Tubular
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- 6-inch terminal spikes of dense lavender-blue flowers
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Margin:
- Dentate
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Width:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Fragrant medium green leaves with serrated margins. Up to 2.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Cross Section:
- Square
- Stem Description:
- Square green stems
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Drought Tolerant Garden
- Pollinator Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Attracts:
- Pollinators
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Drought
- Rabbits
