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Agastache 'Astello Indigo'

Family - Lamiaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 60cm or more
Width - 30cm

Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Mid to dark green leaves are triangular to ovate in shape with toothed and scalloped margins. The leaves smell of liquorice when crushed. Blue, 2-lipped tubular flowers have deep purple calyces. The Blooms are held in dense spikes and are produced from midsummer into mid-autumn. The flowers are very attractive to bees and butterflies.

Flower:

Tubular 2-lipped flowers are blue with deep purple calyces. The flowers are held in dense spikes and are produced from July into October.

Flower colour: Blue

Flower shape: 2-lipped tubular flowers in spikes

Flowering time: July, August, September, October

Foliage:

Aromatic mid to dark green leaves are triangular to ovate in shape and have Dentate to Crenate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright stems. The foliage smells of liquorice when crushed.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Triangular to ovate

Propagation:

Cuttings, division.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.