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Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'

Genus: Agastache
Specific Epithet: foeniculum
Cultivar Name: 'Golden Jubilee'
Common Names: golden anise hyssop
Family: Lamiaceae

Flower Color: purple
Form: short-lived herbaceous perennial
Hardiness Zone: 5-8
Height: 24''
Width: 20''
Soil: well-drained soil
Sun: full sun

Uses: craft (potpourri), aromatic, ornamental, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, bee plant*
Parts Used: leaves and flowers

"'Golden Jubilee' is a release from the Sahin Seed Company of Europe and a 2002 Fleuroselect Award-winning perennial. It was introduced to honor Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on her Golden Jubilee. It makes a dense clump 24'' tall and 20'' wide of chartreuse-golden licorice-scented foliage. Leaf color is best in full sun. In July, purple bottlebrush-like flower spikes of 2 to 3 inches top the stems, blooming summer into fall. Deadhead the flowers to extend the bloom. 'Golden Jubilee' is a wonderful butterfly and hummingbird plant for the herb garden and, like its other cousins, is a great honey plant much loved by the bees. 'Golden Jubilee' can be seeded or propagated with cuttings, and is hardy in Zones 5-8." – Dorothy Bonitz, Promising Plants Presentation, 2005

* In addition to the uses listed above, the species, Agastache foeniculum, was used medicinally by Native Americans and has been used as a culinary herb but is not GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe). Whether these uses apply to this cultivar is unknown.

Plant Source: Plant Delights Nursery, Inc. - Raleigh, NC

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