'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 .
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.