Kudos™ Red Hyssop is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It can be propagated by division however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for alkaline soils, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen! As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 6 years. Kudos™ Red Hyssop will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity extending to 20 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 25 inches. Kudos™ Red Hyssop is recommended for the following landscape applications
It has no significant negative characteristics. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage. Kudos™ Red Hyssop is an open herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its attractive fragrant narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season. Kudos™ Red Hyssop features airy spikes of lightly-scented red tubular flowers rising above the foliage from early summer to early fall, which emerge from distinctive dark red flower buds. Plants will reach up to 1' tall with a 2' spread.Other Names: Anise Hyssop, Licorice Mint, Hummingbird MintĮasy to grow perennial flowers on airy spikes add lovely texture to any garden outstanding true red color a favorite for native butterflies and hummingbirds aromatic, licorice scented foliage for a fragrant garden KUDOS RED is a compact, upright selection of dwarf hybrid hyssop that features vivid red blooms from mid-summer through to early fall. Genus name comes from the Greek words agan meaning "very much" and stachys meaning "ear of wheat" in reference to the appearance of the flower spikes.
Flowers are attractive to bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. Hybrids typically feature dense terminal spikes of tiny 2-lipped tubular flowers which bloom mid-summer to fall in many-flowered verticillasters (false whorls) atop 2-4’ tall stiff square stems clad with opposite pairs of serrate, fragrant (anise/licorice scented) gray-green to medium green leaves. Hybrid flowers come in a variety of different flower colors including shades of red, orange, pink, yellow and white. Agastache, commonly called giant hyssop, is a genus containing about 30 species of upright herbaceous perennials, most of which are native to North America.Īgastache hybrids often have showier flowers and better winter hardiness than species plants.
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