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 ...

Agastache, also known as anise hyssop or hummingbird mint, is a pollinator-friendly plant. The Maestro series of agastache are compact plants, reaching up to 18 inches tall. The Meant to Bee series ...

If you want to attract pollinators to your Southwest garden, there are many options for both large and small plots. Pollinator-friendly plants come in a variety of sizes and shapes as well as a ...

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 ...

When Master Gardeners ask folks about what they enjoy about their gardens, the answers are as varied as the people we ask. One thing in common is the impact gardening has on the senses. A garden ...

Hummingbird mints like the Blue Boa are relished by hummingbirds. (Photo: Norman Winter/TNS). The Agastache plants have been laughing in the face of weather that most have called miserable since the ...

The Santa Fe nursery specializes in hardy, drought-tolerant plants, which is enough of a reason to pay attention to their new introductions. This year, I'm loving Agastache 'Blue Blazes.' Thanks to a ...

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 ...

The Agastache plants have been laughing in the face of weather that most have called miserable since the beginning of May. The heat combined with no rain was fierce. Then June shows up where we have ...