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Agastache:
Common names: Bubble Mint.
Excellent garden plants
with aromatic leaves that enjoy dry soils and sunny positions. All are short
lived perennials but will self seed reliably. Crushed leaves smell strongly of polo mints.
Star plants for bees who
can't resist the flowers.
Find out about Agastache for
winter interest and feeding finches in December
2010 garden diary.
Members of the Lamiaceae
(Dead Nettle) family.
The name Agastache comes
from "Aga" - Many and "Stachys" - Ear of Wheat referring to
the shape of the flower spikes.
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