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Agastache 'Apricot Sunrise' (Agastache aurantiaca 'Apricot Sunrise'): Warm-Toned Hummingbird Mint

Overview

Agastache 'Apricot Sunrise' is a hybrid hummingbird mint with soft apricot-orange flower spikes and minty-anise scented foliage. It blooms from early summer to frost, attracting hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.

Botanical Details

Family:	Lamiaceae (lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Agastache (ah-gas-TAH-kee)
Cultivar:	Apricot Sunrise
Synonym:	Agastache aurantiaca

Culture

Full sun, well-drained soil. Drought-tolerant. Excellent in xeriscapes, pollinator gardens, and mixed borders. Deadhead for continuous bloom. Deer resistant.

Herbs: Agastache 'Blue Fortune' (Agastache × 'Blue Fortune'): Hybrid Hyssop for Long Bloom; Sunset Hyssop (Agastache rupestris): Rock Garden Hummingbird Mint; Agastache 'Ava' (Agastache 'Ava'): Hybrid Hummingbird Mint with Rose Calyces; Agastache 'Tutti-Frutti' (Agastache barberi): Fruity-Scented Hummingbird Mint; Agastache 'Black Adder' (Agastache hybrid): Dark Purple Pollinator Magnet; Texas Hummingbird Mint (Agastache cana): Fragrant, Drought-Tolerant Perennial for Pollinators; Anise Hyssop 'Apricot Sprite' (Agastache aurantiaca 'Apricot Sprite'): Compact, Apricot-Orange Blooms for Containers; Agastache 'Pink Pop' (Agastache austromontana 'Pink Pop'): Compact Hummingbird Mint; Agastache 'Heatwave' (Agastache 'Heatwave'): Heat-Tolerant Hummingbird Mint; Agastache 'Purple Haze' (Agastache 'Purple Haze'): Smoky Purple Hummingbird Mint

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