Agastache (aka Anise Hyssop) is a tender perennial with aromatic leaves and colorful flower spikes all summer long. While traditional varieties have blue or purple colored flowers, newer varieties feature bold colors such as red and orange. In warm climates, it comes back consistently each year.

Beginners should start with those perennial seeds that are easiest to start at home: black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), catmint (Nepeta), perennial geranium, centranthus, aster, purple coneflower (Echinacea), armeria, snow-in-summer (Cerastium), or yarrow (Achillea).

Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is a member of the mint family and you'll want to make room for it in your herb garden this year. Don't worry, although it is related to mint, and it does spread, it spreads at a much slower rate than the mints you might be familiar with.

Plant them 1′ to 1.5′ apart in well-drained soil. They require light to germinate, so barely cover them. The seedlings will emerge in 7-14 days. Anise Hyssop blooms in the second year.. . . . .364011234914!]0000000000000009783314147108!]