Agastache (Lamiaceae) BSWJ735

rugosa 'Korean Zest'

A strongly aromatic perennial with upright bristly purple stems, forming a drift of ovate toothed leaves which emerge with a purple tinge that is retained on the back of the leaves. Bearing erect terminal spikes of purple/blue flowers, June to September. Best grown in full sun-part shade in a well drained soil, associating well with gravelled areas where it can self-seed. From one of our 1993 seed collections from a cold mountainous area of South Korea.