Plant: Summerlong Peach - Agastache
Agastache · Agastache mexicana 'Balsumleac'
Size: 1 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Summerlong Peach is a compact, upright Mexican giant hyssop about 16 to 22 inches tall and wide, with trumpet-shaped soft peach flowers from late spring through summer on fragrant green foliage. It wants full sun and well-drained soil and tolerates heat and drought once established. Hummingbirds, bees and butterflies visit it and deer usually avoid it.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-10
Plant description
Summerlong Peach is a compact, upright Mexican giant hyssop about 16 to 22 inches tall and wide, with trumpet-shaped soft peach flowers from late spring through summer on fragrant green foliage. It wants full sun and well-drained soil and tolerates heat and drought once established. Hummingbirds, bees and butterflies visit it and deer usually avoid it.
- Flowers
- Trumpet-shaped soft peach flowers with hints of rose, opening earlier than other Agastache.
- Pruning
- Deadhead spent blooms, pinch leggy stems for a fuller shape and cut back old foliage in early spring.
