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Agastache 'Rosie Posie' | Hummingbird Mint, Anise Hyssop ' Rosie Posie'
Agastache 'Rosie Posie' | Hummingbird Mint, Anise Hyssop ' Rosie Posie'
Lamiaceae (Mint family) (Prounounced lay-mee-AY-see-I)
Pronounced Ag-AH-sta-kee (from the Greek words "agan" meaning "very much" and "stachy" meaining "ear of wheat" which resembles the flower spikes.
See page 58 for the Black Adder Agastache. It has details regarding Agastache and the references to Hyssop in the Bible.
I purchased this off of Etsy in the Autumn of 2023 and in 2024 it had grown so much and was blooming so vibrantly that I quickly fell in love with it. I want to divide it and spread it to other areas of the garden.
I like that it is a low height up to 22 inches and, therefore, easy to maintain. It has made a nice mound in the garden and I can imagine it helps to keep weeds away.
I like that it bloomed in the Summer as I often have trouble finding plants that bloom later in the growing season. I read that it is a continual bloomer through the Autumn.
I inadvertently stuck my nose into my patch of Rosie Posie while climbing around in the garden and it the scent was wonderful! That is because it is in the Mint Family. However, Anise (the common name) is the flavor of black licorice.
The petals are hot pink and the sepals are magenta which creates a bit of contrast in the flowers.
This plant loves the heat and sun and thrives in well-draining, less fertile dirt. It does not like to be fertilized.
This plant is edible and the leaves and flowers can be used for teas, salads, or desserts.
This plant is short-lived at only 2 to 4 years, but will self-seed if allowed, so do not deadhead it. Leave it through the Winter and cut it back in the Spring when new growth appears. The seeds need cold stratification to grow, so it is easiest to let it reseed naturally, although the seeds can be collected and grown if they are manually cold stratified. Spent flowers during the early growing season can be deadheaded to encourage more growth, but by Autumn should be left to reseed naturally.
2024
You can see in this photo well the two colors of the Rosie Posie Agastache.
