Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
Dense lavender-blue flower spikes over anise-scented foliage, blooming for months and swarming with bees. Short-lived but self-sows freely, so a planting persists by replacement. Tolerates dry soil once established and resents winter wet.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1.5–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- July, August
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, hummingbirds, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- CO, IA, IL, MN, MT, ND, NE, PA, SD, WA, WI, WY