Blue Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
Dramatic, fuzzy, blue spiked flowers that butterflies, bees, and hummers visit all day long, especially in the late season when the rest of the garden is fading. Anise-tasting leaves and flowers make one of our favorite herbal teas, can be infused in custard, and can be churned the best home-made ice cream that you will ever taste!
Water: Moderate
Hardiness: Frost Hardy
Habit: 2 to 4' perennial herb, upright growth habit
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Moist but well-draining
Origin: Upper Midwest and Great Plains (Wisconsin to Ontario west to British Columbia and south to Colorado)
Blue Anise Hyssop