Rose Mint Agastache is a hardy perennial wildflower native to the American Southwest, prized for its intoxicating minty-rose fragrance and long season of soft lavender-pink blooms. This heirloom variety flowers from June through November, making it one of the longest-blooming agastaches available to gardeners. Growing just 12 to 18 inches tall, it thrives in full sun and poor soil with minimal water once established, and its cheerful flower spikes attract pollinators and beneficial insects throughout the growing season. Hardy in zones 7 to 7, this low-maintenance perennial rewards drought-tolerant gardeners with months of color and scent.
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7-7
18in H x 12in W
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The phenomenal minty-rose fragrance sets this agastache apart, filling the garden with heady scent from June all the way into November. Lavender-rose flower spikes attract pollinators and beneficial insects, creating a living pollinator highway. Plants thrive even in poor soil and handle drought with ease, asking almost nothing in return for a superlong season of soft, drifting color.
Rose Mint Agastache is grown primarily for its ornamental value and pollinator appeal. The aromatic foliage and long-lasting flower spikes make it a natural choice for pollinator gardens, native plant landscapes, and xeriscapes where low-maintenance color and fragrance are desired.
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Sow seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before your last spring frost. Press seeds lightly onto the soil surface, as they require light to germinate. Keep soil evenly moist using a humidity dome or a light sprinkling of fine vermiculite over the seed tray. Maintain temperatures between 65 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Seedlings should emerge within 7 to 14 days.
Transplant seedlings outdoors after all danger of frost has passed, once they are hardened off to outdoor conditions. Space plants 1 to 12 inches apart depending on your desired landscape effect and density.
Sow seeds directly in the garden after all danger of frost has passed. Press seeds lightly into the soil surface and keep the area evenly moist until germination occurs.
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“Rose Mint Agastache holds deep cultural significance for the Ramah Navajo people of the American Southwest, who have long revered and cultivated this plant. As a heirloom preserved through generations, it carries the botanical and cultural knowledge of a people who understood its value long before modern gardening rediscovered it. Seed catalogs and heirloom organizations now maintain this variety to honor both its ecological role and its place in Native American tradition.”