![]() Up to 1.75 inches long and 1.25 inches wide with crenate margins. Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Leaf Color: Green Leaf Value To Gardener: Fragrant Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Opposite Leaf Shape: Lanceolate Leaf Margin: Crenate Hairs Present: No Leaf Length: 1-3 inches Leaf Width: 1-3 inches Leaf Description: Fragrant lance-shaped dark green leaves.Sit a while near one of these plants and you’re sure to see a hummingbird flitting ecstatically from bloom to bloom.From the enormous mint (Lamiaceae) family, agastaches are native primarily to North America. Locate Plants Common Name Scientific Name Agastache aurantiaca Coronado Red, Hyssop, Jewel of the Sierra Madre, Orange Hummingbird Mint Agastache aurantiaca Coronado, Hyssop, Jewel of the Sierra Madre, Orange Hummingbird Mint Click on the plant listing below to view the nursery information. Flowers: Flower Color: Orange Flower Inflorescence: Spike Flower Value To Gardener: Fragrant Good Cut Long Bloom Season Showy Flower Bloom Time: Fall Spring Summer Flower Shape: Tubular Flower Size: They stand out in the garden and provide a bold visual appeal. ![]() Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Soil Texture: Loam (Silt) Sand Shallow Rocky Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Occasionally Dry Available Space To Plant: Less than 12 inches 12 inches-3 feet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b From early summer to fall, it boasts dense spikes of glowing orange flowers.From early summer until fall, it boasts airy spikes of cheerful, bright orange flowers. Long-lasting bright orange-red blooms begin in mid-summer and last until the first. Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Perennial Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Clumping Erect Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: Low Texture: Fine Agastache 'Kudos Mandarin' (Hummingbird Mint) is a compact and bushy, upright herbaceous perennial forming a low tight mound of aromatic, dark green, oval to lance-shaped leaves. Plant Description: Upright growing fragrant perennial with a wispy look.Attributes: Genus: Agastache Family: Lamiaceae Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Seed Wildlife Value: Flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds and bees Play Value: Attracts Pollinators.Tags: #hummingbird friendly #showy flowers #fragrant flowers #drought tolerant #fragrant leaves #nectar plant #orange flowers #low maintenance #rabbit resistant #deer resistant #long bloom time #rock garden #border planting #cutting garden #pollinator plant #butterfly friendly #bee friendly #patio #wildlife friendly See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: They can also be grown in containers placed on the patio so you can enjoy the hummingbirds and bees that visit it. Raised beds and rock gardens work great to provide good drainage. Use 'Acapulco Orange' near the front of the perennial border in native/pollinator gardens. Good drainage is essential for this plant and sandy low fertility soils in full sun are ideal. Wet winter feet in poorly drained soils will do this plant in. The bloom time is from late spring to frost and the minty scent is a pollinator magnet. This plant adds an airiness to the garden with fine foliage and spikes of tubular orange flowers. It grows 1-2 feet tall and nearly as wide. 'Acapulco Orange' Giant Hyssop is a hybrid cultivar with showy orange flowers in the mint family. Phonetic Spelling ah-GAH-sta-kee Description
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