Agastache pallidiflora

subsp. neomexicana

ROSE MINT AGASTACHE

Agastache pallidiflora subsp. neomexicana
ROSE MINT AGASTACHE

Agastache pallidiflora subsp. neomexicana is commonly called Rose Mint.

Perhaps the prettiest of all

Rose Mint is considered one of the prettiest of all the seductive Agastache family.
(All Agastache should come with the warning that they are irresistible to collect – once you have one you cant stop – you want more!!!)

Large lavender-rose blooms

Rose Mint has large, softly textured, fuzzy flowers of lavender-rose.

Exceptionally long blooming

Rose Mint is exceptionally long blooming. So if you keep deadheading spent flower spikes, then you can have it in continual bloom from mid-spring to winter’s start.

Large blooms, long flowering – but suitable for small gardens

Rose Mint is also a compact and dumpy grower.
So it is particularly suited to small gardens, pots where you need a very long period of blooming, or planting in the veggie patch to haul in the bees and useful pollinators.

Deliciously scented & edible

This hardy, evergreen, shrubby perennial gives a marvellous garden display.
But Rose Mint should also be grown for delightful scent and flavour.
Both the flowers and foliage are edible and deliciously scented and flavoured of mint.

Bone hardy 

But when you add in a tough, bone-hardy constitution, and water-wise, easy low maintenance, then is every reason to have it.

Tough, water-wise & drought resistant

Agastache pallidiflora subsp. neomexicana is tough and easily grown in Full Sun to Part Shade.
It is water-wise and drought resistant, so it is ideal for gardeners with limited water.

Suits coastal or hot & dry gardens

Rose Mint also suits coastal areas, windy, and hot and dry gardens.

Hardy in frost & wide range of soils

It is hardy in frost and forgiving of a wide range of soils, including sandy, rocky and poor soils.

Low maintenance

Agastache pallidiflora subsp. neomexicana is a low maintenance plant, and largely untroubled by any pests and diseases.
The only work required is to cut the whole plant back hard before spring to encourage new growth and a neat shape.

Quick & easy from seed & in the garden

It is a hardy, upright, dense, compact perennial clump, and very quick growing for fast garden effect.
If seed is sown early indoors, the plants will flower happily in their first year from seed.

Treat for florists & cooks

Agastache pallidiflora subsp. neomexicana is a special treat for all florists and cooks.
While both the flowers and foliage are edible, and the mint flavour and fragrance is very useful in the kitchen.
Use the fresh mint flavour in cakes, biscuits, salads, in drinks (where the mint accent puts a real zing in a botanical gin cocktail), or to add an edible garnish to a meat dish (Agastache leaves go really well with lamb and pork).

Good cut flowers for vases & florists

The flower trusses make good cut blooms for a vase indoors, where their large, fuzzy pink pokers set off other flowers and colours so well.

Continuous blooms months on end

As Agastache blooms continuously for months on end, from late spring to autumn’s close, they are a blessing for all our useful pollinators.

Treat for all pollinators

Agastache flowers are an invaluable and long lasting food source for bees, butterflies, birds and other useful pollinators – so plant some in your veggie plot or orchard.
Rose Mint flowers are exceptionally rich in nectar. So they are invaluable and long lasting food for pollinators.

Improves fruit set in the veggie patch

Our flying friends are very appreciative of the late season blooms to help bulk up for winter.
And you will really see the difference in fruit set when you plant some in your veggie plot or orchard. Or stand a flowering pot nearby.

Helps our native birds

But for me it is the entertainment provided by our native honey-eating birds, while they acrobatically dance amongst the flowers and do a fine impersonation of a Hummingbird sipping nectar from the flowers, that make Agastache indispensable in my garden.

But rabbits & deer can’t abide Agastache

And to top it all off – rabbits and deer cant abide the aromatic oils in the foliage and flowers – so they leave them alone. Bless all Agastache.

Flowers first year from seed

Agastache pallidiflora subsp. neomexicana is a hardy, upright, dense, compact perennial clump, and very quick growing for fast garden effect.
If the seed is sown early indoors, the resulting plants will flower happily in as little as 3 months from sowing the seed. And make their contribution in the garden immediately.
The plant makes an upright 60cm. high, dense shrubby perennial.

45cm High in a mass of flower x 30cm Wide of fragrant bushy foliage.

SEED SOWING ADVICE: QUICK & EASY

Suits beginners & kids

Scatter seeds directly in the garden during spring or autumn
OR
Sow at any time indoors in punnets whenever suitable temperatures can be provided (18-20°C). You can use a heat mat.

Sow indoors for quick & early plants: First sow the seeds in a punnet on surface of good quality seed raising mix.
Pat seed gently into the surface of the mix.
But do not cover.
Because these seeds need light to germinate.

Now moisten the mix by placing the punnet in a water bath, with the water level below the surface of the punnet, and allow the water to percolate up from the bottom.
This will ensure the mix is thoroughly moist but not drenched.

Then label the punnet with the name and date sown.

Now place in a well lit position, but not in any direct sunlight.
And continue to keep punnet moist by misting surface from a water spray bottle.

Temperatures of 18-20°C approx. are best for rapid germination, but they are not particularly fussy. At optimum temperatures seedlings emerge in approx. 14-28 days.
(An electronic heat bed is ideal but not essential, any warm, well-lit spot will do).

Seed Count: 30 seeds per packet approximately.
(We aim to always exceed the stated count and give a generous serve).

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