Licorice Mint anise hyssop
Agastache foeniculum 'Licorice Mint'
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Licorice Mint' anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum 'Licorice Mint') is an annual for borders, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. It has fragrant leaves, tolerates drought, and draws butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds. It blooms from early to late summer. It sits low on the menu for deer and rabbits. You can start it from open-pollinated seed.
Pairs well with Standing Ovation little bluestem, Lemon Queen sunflower, and Scarlet pimpernel.