Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)

Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Height, Spread: 3-5 ft, can spread up to 3 ft

Water/Soil: Moist-occasionally dry, well-drained, loam, sand, shallow rocky

Light: Full sun-part shade

Bloom: Summer, long-blooming small blue to lavender flowers along a spike 

Native Range: Northern USA & southern Canada 

Qualities: Attractive to Pollinators, Deer Resistant, Bird Resource 

Notes: Perennial wildflower in the mint family with a wonderful licorice scent. Commonly found in prairies, fields, and dry woodlands in the wild. Foliage can be used in flowers and tea, and seeds can be used in baking. Considered one of the premier pollinator plants, this flower attracts various bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and moths. Best used in a naturalized meadow or prairie, or as a border of a perennial garden.