Agastache is a vibrant, aromatic mint relative that thrives in gardens with its summer-to-fall blooms. These hardy perennials are known for their heat and drought tolerance, producing tall flower ...

Want an easy way to attract hummingbirds to your garden? Grow a hummingbird mint plant! Pollinators can't resist these colorful tube-shaped flowers.

When it comes to keeping your garden lively with hummingbirds, few plants work harder than agastache. These vibrant, fragrant perennials — sometimes called hummingbird mint or giant hyssop — thrive in ...

This year at the Southern Plant Trials, I fell in love with the herbaceous perennial agastache. This perennial stood out to me with its profuse blooms and delightful fragrance. At each location I ...

A feeling of euphoria came over The Garden Guy and I muttered to myself that my work on earth was done. OK, I am kidding to a point. I am trialing two new agastaches, which I admit I am falling in ...

For a long time now, one of my most favorite long-blooming perennials has been anise hyssop. It's a versatile perennial that, in my opinion, no garden should be without! Known botanically as Agastache ...

* What it is: ‘Black Adder’ is a hybrid variety of the U.S. native perennial Agastache foeniculum and Korean mint (Agastache rugosa). It’s distinctive for its nearly black buds that open into ...

The mint family is one of the larger and more varied families in the world of botany. That's good news for those of us who want to add fragrance to our gardens. Mint family members are often thirsty ...

Norman Winter is a horticulturist. He is a former director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. Follow him on Facebook at Norman Winter “The Garden Guy.” See ...