PlantsHerbs & Teas
Purple Giant Hyssop
Agastache scrophulariaefolia
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Tall aromatic pollinator plant
ModerateHerbs & TeasAlso FlowersEdible
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 4–7 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jul–Sep
- How it spreads
- Clumping; self-seeds
- What to buy
- Plug or division for reliable residential establishment; seed for larger restoration areas.
- When to plant
- Apr–May; late Aug–Sep, finishing about six weeks before the first frost.
In the design
Use toward the back of a border.
If you eat it
Leaves for tea
Use only positively identified material
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
