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Kudos™ Silver Blue Hyssop

Agastache 'Kudos Silver Blue'

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Kudos Silver Blue Hyssop (Agastache 'Kudos Silver Blue') at A Very Successful Garden Center

Kudos™ Silver Blue Hyssop flowers

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Height:  20 inches

Spread:  27 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  5a

Other Names:  Anise Hyssop, Licorice Mint, Hummingbird Mint

Group/Class:  Kudos Series

Brand:  Terra Nova

Description:

Easy to grow perennial flowers on airy spikes add lovely texture to any garden; outstanding lavender blooms on purplish-red spikes; a favorite for native butterflies and hummingbirds; aromatic, licorice scented foliage for a fragrant garden

Ornamental Features

Kudos™ Silver Blue Hyssop features airy spikes of lightly-scented silvery blue tubular flowers with lavender overtones and red calyces rising above the foliage from early summer to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive fragrant narrow leaves emerge coppery-bronze in spring, turning grayish green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Kudos™ Silver Blue Hyssop is an open herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Kudos™ Silver Blue Hyssop is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use
  • Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
  • Herb Gardens
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Kudos™ Silver Blue Hyssop will grow to be about 16 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 27 inches. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 6 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for alkaline soils, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Kudos™ Silver Blue Hyssop is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight Soil pH Preference
Characteristics
Massing  Garden  Naturalizing  Herb  Container 
Applications
Flowers  Foliage Color  Texture  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features