Kudos™ Silver Blue Agastache

Agastache x ‘Kudos™ Silver Blue’ PP#25,344 (Dwarf Hummingbird Mint) is a deer resistant, waterwise perennial with a compact habit, cold-tolerance, early blooms and resistance to powdery mildew – a big plus in a changing climate. At 18-24″ tall x 24″ wide, consider planting ‘Silver-Blue’ with Nepeta ‘Select Blue’, Coreopsis, Liatris, and Salvia, where it can harmonize with other summer bloomers. Beautiful planted en masse, be sure to grow some for cut flowers too. Agastache needs a full sun location and soil with good drainage. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage more blooms. It will flower into the fall, providing welcome late-season nectar for our pollinators. Leave the stems standing over winter (songbirds love the seeds).

The Kudos™ Agastache series are hybrid cultivars selected for increased tolerance to moisture and cold. Species native to the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, adapted to tolerate heat and drought, are crossed with Agastache rugosa, a species native to Asia that better tolerates more moisture and colder winters. Kudos™ plants feature the benefits of both species for a more versatile and weather-tolerant Agastache plant. They are more compact and tidy, and feature dense, long-flowering blooms, holding their colorful calyxes even after flowers have faded. The Kudos series exhibits excellent cold hardiness and can be grown across most of the US.