Find a plant:

Printer Friendly Add to My Favorites Pin It

Agastache rupestris (Sunset hyssop)

Photo/Illustration: Steve Silk

(Based on 1 user review)

Rate this plant

Plant Showcase - from our advertisers

Hardiness Zones:

Botanical Name: Agastache rupestris ag-ah-STAK-ee roo-PES-tris

Common Name: Sunset hyssop Genus: Agastache

True to its name, sunset hyssop encapsulates a Western sunset in its flowers: bronze with hints of orange and yellow, and streaks of magenta and pink along the margins. More and more flowers emerge as summer progresses. The plant blooms heavily in August, and continues into autumn.
Care: Provide full sun to part shade and dry to medium, well-drained soil.
Propagation: Sow seed in spring. Divide plants in summer. Root semi-ripe cuttings in summer. Some plants may need winter protection where not hardy.
Problems: Mildew, rust, and downy mildew.

Overview
User Reviews
Photos

Height	1 ft. to 3 ft.
Spread	1 ft. to 3 ft.
Growth Habit	Clumps
Growth Pace	Fast Grower
Light	Full Sun to Part Shade
Moisture	Dry to Medium
Maintenance	Low
Characteristics	Attracts Butterflies; Attracts Hummingbirds; Fragrant Flowers; Fragrant Foliage; Native; Showy Flowers
Bloom Time	Late Summer; Summer
Flower Color	Orange/ Salmon Flower; Pink Flower; Purple/ Lavender Flower
Uses	Beds and Borders, Container
Style	Rock Garden
Seasonal Interest	Winter Interest, Summer Interest, Fall Interest
Type	Perennials

Rate this plant

posted by epan
3/13/2008
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Zone: 6

This plant has blossomed as advertised and grown each of the 2 summers it has spent in my steep, south facing, hillside garden. The clay soil was amended with sand and the base of the plant placed ~1 inch above soil level. An inch of gravel mulch was then placed around it. As neither the deer nor groundhog eat it, I'm hoping to try a few more varieties of agastache this year.

Click on a thumbnail to see a full sized image

Plants you might also like

Agastache foeniculum
(Anise hyssop)

(2 user reviews)

Hardiness Zones:

A classic plant for both herb gardens and borders, anise hyssop is composed of erect branches of mint-and-licorice-scented, medium green leaves ending in fuzzy spikes of small lavender flowers. The plant grows to 3 to 5 feet tall and 1 foot wide and reseeds freely. The flowers are edible and are charming crumbled into salads. The flowers are highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Agastache 'Desert Sunrise'
(Hummingbird mint)

(2 user reviews)

Hardiness Zones:

This hummingbird mint boasts large spikes of reddish-pink tubular flowers with an orange tint over a long season in summer and early fall. The whole plant is aromatic. Grow in a bed, border, rock garden, or xeric garden.

Nepeta × faassenii 'Walker's Low'
(Catmint)

(11 user reviews)

Hardiness Zones:

This mound of lavender-blue flowers and aromatic, grayish green leaves up to 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide is great as edging or in a border, herb, or rock garden. It is an easy to grow, prolific bloomer that seems to be deer resistant. It blooms the whole summer and tolerates some shade. It also looks great with roses or on walls.

Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’
(Blue Fortune hyssop)

(2 user reviews)

Hardiness Zones:

'Blue Fortune' produces spikes of powder-blue flowers held over large, deep green foliage. The plant stands approximately 36 inches tall with a mature width of 18 inches. Peak bloom occurs in midsummer when butterflies are plentiful.

Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'
(Cranesbill) Be the first to rate this plant

Hardiness Zones:

'Wargrave Pink' is a vigorous perennial suitable for groundcover. The notched, funnel-shaped, salmon-pink flowers bloom all season.

10 Plants for Year-round Containers
These survivors can stay in pots for years, lending consistency to your designs by Muffin Evander

PLANTING PLAN: A deer-resistant bed that shines in fall and winter
by Nancy Matthews

Hooked on Hyssops
Give these perennials the essentials and they’ll reward you with flowers, fragrance, and hummingbirds by David Salman

Stretching the Seasons
Designer Piet Oudolf recommends using perennials with appealing seed heads and distinctive structural outlines to add interest to the fall and winter garden by Virginia Small