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Hummingbird Mint 'Fragrant Carpet' (Agastache aurantiaca)

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Botanical name: Agastache aurantiaca • Bloom season: Summer to fall • Bloom color: Pastel orange with Pink, Bright Orange, Soft Red • Pollinator value: Long-season nectar for hummingbirds, bumble bees, and butterflies

A low, spreading hummingbird mint in orange, rose and pink shades, blooming from midsummer until frost. The foliage carries the licorice scent the genus is known for, strong enough that you smell it walking past on a hot afternoon, and highly attractive to pollinators. Its value lies in the timing: it is still pushing nectar in September, when many gardens have gone quiet, and hummingbirds are fueling up for the trip south.

Botanical name: Agastache aurantiaca • Bloom season: Summer to fall • Bloom color: Pastel orange with Pink, Bright Orange, Soft Red • Pollinator value: Long-season nectar for hummingbirds, bumble bees, and butterflies

A low, spreading hummingbird mint in orange, rose and pink shades, blooming from midsummer until frost. The foliage carries the licorice scent the genus is known for, strong enough that you smell it walking past on a hot afternoon, and highly attractive to pollinators. Its value lies in the timing: it is still pushing nectar in September, when many gardens have gone quiet, and hummingbirds are fueling up for the trip south.

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Plant Characteristics

Botanical Name: Agastache aurantiaca

Cultivar: 'Fragrant Carpet'

Common Name: Hummingbird Mint

Native: Cultivar

Native Region: Not native to North America; origin Garden hybrid

Sun: Full Sun

Water: Low

Bloom Time: Summer to fall

Bloom Color: Pastel orange with Pink, Bright Orange, Soft Red

Pollinators: Bees; Butterflies; Hummingbirds

Deer Resistant: Yes

Mature Size: W 15"-18" x H 15"-18"

Soil: Well-drained; lean soil, will rot in wet winter ground

Pollinator Value: Long-season nectar for hummingbirds, bumble bees, and butterflies

Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial

USDA Zones: 5 to 9

Spread Habit: Clumping

Available As: Live plant

Growing Notes

Full sun and sharp drainage. Agastache in Northern Nevada rarely dies of cold; it dies of wet, heavy soil in winter. A slope, a raised bed, or gritty ground is worth more than any amount of mulch. Keep it out of the wettest corner of an irrigated bed. Space about 15 inches apart.

  • Water: Low

  • Sun: Full Sun

  • Soil: Well-drained; lean soil, will rot in wet winter ground

  • Mature size: W 15"-18" x H 15"-18"

Note: This hybrid can bloom in a variety of colors and bloom color cannot be guaranteed at order. If you have a specific request, please email info@vitalbeebuds.com.

Maintenance

Leave the stems standing through winter. They shelter overwintering insects, and on Agastache, the standing growth also protects the crown, so cutting it back in fall is a common way to lose the plant. Cut back in late spring once new growth shows at the base. Deadhead through summer to extend the bloom. It is one of the last things to wake up, so do not give up on it in April.