Agastache cana
Texas Hummingbird Mint
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Perennials, Flowers
AGASTACHESummer-blooming perennials with aromatic foliage, whorls of flowers in spikelike clusters. All rebloom if deadheaded. Favorites with hummingbirds. Species from Mexico and the Southwest need excellent drainage, especially in wet winter areas.
Agastache canaNative to Texas, New Mexico. To 2–3 ft. tall, 1 1/2 ft. across. Blooms heavily, bearing reddish pink flowers that smell like bubble gum. A seed-grown selection, ‘Heather Queen’, blooms the first year from seed sown early in the season.
Sempervivum tectorum
Gray-green, 2–5-in.-wide rosettes spread quickly to form clumps to 2 ft. or wider. Leaves have r...
Sempervivum arachnoideum
Gray-green rosettes of many leaves are joined by fine hairs for a cobweb-covered look. Larger rosettes...
Lonicera sempervirens
Native to the Eastern and Southern United States. Can climb 10–20 ft. tall but shrubby if not gi...
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