![]() The Kudos series exhibits excellent cold hardiness and can be grown across most of the US. They are more compact and tidy, and feature dense, long-flowering blooms, holding their colorful calyxes even after flowers have faded. Gina Cardoza-Bleacher is from New Jersey and breeds Miniature Schnauzers. The plant is kept in holders to partake in this plant in the eastern U.S. Kudos™ plants feature the benefits of both species for a more versatile and weather-tolerant Agastache plant. Agastache Glowing Embers is a phenomenal choice of Licorice Mint Hyssop (Hummingbird Mint) with fragrant foliage and shining orange-red cylindrical blossoms that are number one with hummingbirds. These free flowering and well branched perennials have large blooms and will flower late spring. Species native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, adapted to tolerate heat and drought, are crossed with Agastache rugosa, a species native to Asia that better tolerates more moisture and colder winters. Silver Blue has light blue tubular flowers all summer long into the fall. The Kudos™ Agastache series are hybrid cultivars selected for increased tolerance to moisture and cold. Agastache is a fantastic hummingbird, butterfly and pollinator bee attractor and has fragrant cut flowers. Leave the stems standing over winter (songbirds love the seeds). ![]() It will flower into the fall, providing welcome late-season nectar for our pollinators. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage more blooms. ![]() Agastache needs a full sun location and soil with good drainage. Beautiful planted en masse, be sure to grow some for cut flowers too. At 18-24" tall x 24" wide, consider planting ‘Silver-Blue’ with Nepeta ‘Select Blue’, Coreopsis, Liatris, and Salvia, where it can harmonize with other summer bloomers. Agastache x 'Kudos™ Silver Blue' PP#25,344 (Dwarf Hummingbird Mint) is a deer resistant, waterwise perennial with a compact habit, cold-tolerance, early blooms and resistance to powdery mildew - a big plus in a changing climate. ![]()
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