Botanical Name: Agastache 'Ava'
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Common Name: Ava Hummingbird Mint  
Plant photo of: Agastache 'Ava'
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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial, Herb

 

Height Range

3-6'

 

Flower Color

Pink

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green, Grey Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

‘Ava’ is a agastache cultivar has huge spikes of tubular, deep rose-pink flowers with raspberry-red calyxes that bloom bloom in whorls on erect, salvia-like spikes. Flowers bloom mid summer into early fall, sometimes to first hard frost. Flowers are attractive to bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. Leaves are a soft grey-green and have a heady mint scent, and may be used fresh or dry to flavor teas. Grows about 4 to 5 feet tall and 2 feet wide. A perennial garden standout introduced by High Country Gardens.