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'Blue Boa' Giant Hyssop

Agastache (ag-ah-STA-kee)

Family: Lamiaceae Unknown Herbaceous (1-3 ft)

'Blue Boa' giant hyssop is a hybrid cultivar in the mint family (Lamiaceae) with deep purple-blue flowers. It is a more compact variety, growing only 2.5 feet tall. Good drainage is important to these plants so use raised beds or containers to provide the necessary drainage if needed. Do not over-fertilize and plant in full sun for best results. The fragrant blooms are spikes of blue-purple tubular flowers and are loved by a great variety of pollinators. You will love the long season of bloom from early summer to frost and the minty smell of the foliage. Use near the front of the perennial border and in rock gardens or containers and watch the pollinators flock to the flowers. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. Crown rot will occur in wet soils. 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, 50 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft) Optimal soil pH Neutral (6.0-8.0)
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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 Agastache 'Astello Indigo' Eryngium planum 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
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Soil texture
Loam (Silt); Sand
Soil pH
Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Soil drainage
Good Drainage | Occasionally Dry
NC region
Coastal; Mountains; Piedmont
Mature size
Height: 2 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 6 in. | Width: 1 ft. 6 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Medium
Maintenance
Low
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Clumping; Erect
Texture
Medium
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf margin
Dentate; Serrate
Leaf value
Fragrant
Leaf size
1-3 inches long, 1-3 inches wide
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Fragrant medium green leaves with serrated margins. Up to 2.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide
Flower color
Blue; Purple/Lavender
Flower value
Fragrant
Flower form
Spike
Flower shape
Tubular
Flower size
< 1 inch
Flower detail
6-inch terminal spikes of dense lavender-blue flowers
Bloom time
Fall; Summer
Fruit type
Capsule
Stem color
Green
Stem detail
Square green stems
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Origin
SW USA
Wildlife value
Attracts a variety of pollinators
Attracts
Pollinators
Food & Medicine
Harvest time
Fall; Summer
Fruit type
Capsule
Landscape Use
Landscape theme
Butterfly Garden; Drought Tolerant Garden; Pollinator Garden; Rock Garden
Design feature
Border
Garden tags
#showy flowers #blue flowers #purple flowers #long bloom time #pollinator plant #fragrant leaves #fragrant flowers #butterfly friendly #border planting #drought tolerant #bee friendly #container plant #perennial #rabbit resistant #deer resistant
Problems & Resistance
Resistant to
Deer; Drought; Rabbits
Particularly resistant to
Deer and rabbit resistant

Planted at Hunnicutt

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