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'Acapulco Orange' Giant Hyssop

Agastache (ag-ah-STA-kee)

Family: Lamiaceae Unknown Herbaceous (1-3 ft)

'Acapulco Orange' giant hyssop is a hybrid cultivar with showy orange flowers in the mint family (Lamiaceae). Good drainage is essential for this plant and sandy low-fertility soils in full sun are ideal. Wet winter feet in poorly drained soils will do this plant in. Use containers or raised beds if needed. It grows 1-2 feet tall and nearly as wide. This plant adds an airiness to the garden with fine foliage and spikes of tubular orange flowers. Blooming is from late spring to frost and the minty scent is a pollinator magnet. Use 'Acapulco Orange' near the front of the perennial border in native/pollinator gardens. Raised beds and rock gardens work great to provide good drainage. They can also be grown in containers placed on the patio so you can enjoy the hummingbirds and bees that visit it. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. Watch for Spider mites, thrips, aphids, whitefly, and slugs. More information on Agastache .

Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗ NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 52 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft)
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Companions & Conflicts

Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.

No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.

Also noted by NC State

Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.

Fills a similar niche Erigeron Lantana camara 'Miss Huff' Salvia rosmarinus

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Herbaceous Perennial; Perennial
Life cycle
Perennial
USDA zones
5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Soil texture
Loam (Silt); Sand; Shallow Rocky
Soil drainage
Good Drainage | Occasionally Dry
Available space
Less than 12 inches; 12 inches-3 feet
NC region
Coastal; Mountains; Piedmont
Mature size
Height: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in. | Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Medium
Maintenance
Low
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Clumping; Erect
Texture
Fine
Foliage
Deciduous
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf shape
Lanceolate
Leaf margin
Crenate
Leaf value
Fragrant
Leaf size
1-3 inches long, 1-3 inches wide
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Fragrant lance-shaped dark green leaves. Up to 1.75 inches long and 1.25 inches wide with crenate margins.
Flower color
Orange
Flower value
Fragrant; Good Cut; Long Bloom Season; Showy
Flower form
Spike
Flower shape
Tubular
Flower size
< 1 inch
Flower detail
Airy spikes of tubular orange flowers from late spring to frost
Bloom time
Fall; Spring; Summer
Fruit type
Capsule
Fruit detail
The fruit dries and splits to reveal seeds.
Stem color
Green
Stem detail
Green square stems
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Wildlife value
Flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds and bees
Attracts
Bees; Butterflies; Hummingbirds; Pollinators
Play value
Attracts Pollinators
Food & Medicine
Fruit type
Capsule
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Container; Naturalized Area; Patio
Landscape theme
Drought Tolerant Garden; Garden for the Blind; Pollinator Garden; Rock Garden
Design feature
Border; Small groups
Garden tags
#showy flowers #orange flowers #fragrant leaves #long bloom time #rabbit resistant #pollinator plant #cutting garden #border planting #nectar plant #low maintenance #drought tolerant #rock garden #butterfly friendly #hummingbird friendly #fragrant flowers #deer resistant #bee friendly #patio #wildlife friendly
Problems & Resistance
Resistant to
Deer; Drought; Rabbits
Particularly resistant to
Deer and rabbit resistant

Planted at Hunnicutt

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