Agastache 'Tango'
giant hyssop 'Tango'
'Tango' is a quick-growing, clump-forming perennial to about 50cm, often grown as an annual. It has grey-green, aromatic foliage and spikes of well-spaced, yellow and orange, tubular flowers from mid-summer into autumn
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Size
Growing conditions
Colour & scent
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Position
Aspect
Exposure
Botanical details
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Agastache are herbaceous perennials with simple, aromatic leaves and small 2-lipped tubular flowers in whorls forming dense spikes, in summer and autumn; some are rather tender but can be grown as annual bedding
- Name status
Accepted
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in a sunny position in well-drained soil. Tends to be short-lived but will self seed
Propagation
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning
Remove spent flowering spikes through the season
Pests
Generally pest-free
Diseases
Generally disease free
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