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Retail listings 2012 by USDA zone, as of April 5 - please check for current availability
Agastache 'Coral Moon' hyssop
Introduced by Xera Plants chosen for its deep, coral flowers, this striking perennial reaches a bit more than 2
ft tall x 1 ft wide, and blooms from June to frost with ever-larger, every more showy flower spikes.
Deadheading encourages more bloom. Rich, well-drained soil in sun is best with occasional summer water for
best performance. Does well in containers. Frost hardy to 0F, USDA zone 7.
6in @ $12 Lamiaceae
Agastache 'Rainbow Sorbet'
Another exciting hyssop introduction from Xera, this with particularly large flowers that begin bright orange
and fade to bright pink -- a stunning bicolor effect and very showy against the gray leaves. Plants are tall, to
up to 3 1/2 ft, and sturdy. A great plant for hummingbirds! And people! Sun and lean, well-drained soil
provide the best environment. Drought tolerant once established but blooms better with some summer water.
Frost hardy in USDA zone 7 with good drainage.
6in @ $12 Lamiaceae
Agastache 'Shaniko'
Unusual and pretty hyssop with peachy flowers held by dark red calyxes from late May through summer.
These form a clump 20” tall by 20” wide in full sun and well-drained soil. Plant to enjoy the aromatic
foliage. Drought tolerant once established but blooms best with some summer water. Frost hardy in USDA
zone 7.
6in @ $12 Lamiaceae
Agave gentryi 'Jaws'
From an intriguing group in an even more intriguing part of the world, northeastern Mexico's Sierra La Peña,
a floristically rich part of the world. Three agaves inhabit the upper slopes from 8-9,000 ft, this one now being
settled on the species A. gentryi. Beautiful gray-green rosettes of sharply pointed leaves with jagged
serrations and embossed impressions of the older leaves on each emerging new. This selection was made by
the Yucca Do boys in the early 1990s and has been very slow to offset. To about 24-36" or more eventually,
this selection, found amid pines and oaks in light shade on rubbly limestone outcrops, has taken a myriad of
garden conditions. Quite happy in dappled shade but beware of wet leaves sitting in the crown in winter. It is
exquisitely beautiful for the deeply indented leaf margins and double, reddish teeth. So far, unharmed in upper
USDA zone 7 winters.
6in @ $18, 2g @ $30 Agavaceae
Agave montana mountain agave
One of the most sculptural century plants from high elevations in Mexico, this is often sandwiched between
the larger, higher elevation Agave gentryi and the lower elevation Agave scabra and can show characteristics
of both growing with pines and oaks. 1.5-2 ft, heavily toothed rosettes are deep olive-green brushed with
blue. Accepts average garden moisture provided excellent drainage. Sun; adapts to partial shade. 0 to 10F.
2g @ $38 Agavaceae
Cistus Nursery ◆ 22711 NW Gillihan Rd ◆ Portland, OR 97231 ◆ (503) 621-2233 ◆ info@cistus.com
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