(Mexican Hyssop, Red Fortune Mexican Hyssop)

No relation to Agastache 'Blue Fortune', Red Fortune™ is a free-blooming, upright selection of Agastache mexicana, a fragrant, short-lived, bushy perennial native to Mexico. Its open spikes of rich purple-pink flowers appear from summer into fall above lance-shaped, lemon-scented leaves.

This low-maintenance, drought-tolerant plant likes well drained soil and full sun. It is an excellent choice for sunny mixed borders and hummingbird gardens and does well in containers.

(Mexican Hyssop, Toronjil Morado Mexican Hyssop)

Mexican hyssop is a short lived, bushy perennial native to Mexico. The vigorous cultivar 'Toronjil Morado' is a very tall selection that boasts many vibrant pink flowers that appear all summer. Its slender, lemon-scented leaves are medium green and bring added fragrance to the garden.

Tolerant of drought, hot sun and poor soils, this plant requires little deadheading and is highly attractive to hummingbirds. It is an excellent choice for sunny mixed borders and wildflower gardens.

(Mexican Hyssop)

The Acapulco™ series comprises relatively upright and compact selections of Agastache mexicana, a fragrant short-lived bushy perennial native to Mexico. Cultivars in the Acapulco series bear summer to fall spikes of tubular flowers in warm colors including salmon-pink, rose pink, and orange. The lance-shaped leaves have a minty citrusy scent when brushed or crushed.

These low-maintenance, drought-tolerant plants like well-drained soil and full sun. They are an excellent choice for sunny mixed...

(Rock Anise Hyssop, Sunset Hyssop, Threadleaf Hyssop)

Known for its extreme drought tolerance and outstanding garden performance, sunset hyssop is a strongly aromatic, bushy short-lived perennial native to southern Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico. This member of the mint family has fine, fragrant, gray-green leaves. In mid to late summer plants become covered with loose spikes of tubular orange flowers with dusty mauve to lavender bases.

Everblooming and tolerant of poor soils, sunset hyssop requires little deadheading and is highly attractive...

(Queensland Kauri)

Among the largest and oldest trees in the world, Queensland kauri's lance-shaped leaves, colrful flaking bark and massive trunk and canopy make it among the most magnificent trees for frost-free landscapes. A cone-bearing evergreen tree that is slow-growing, it is native to the drier rainforests of eastern Queensland in northeastern Australia. The whorling, horizontal branches become much more upward and spreading with age. Its tan, orange and light gray bark is speckled, shedding in large flakes.

The...

(Agave, Century Plant)

The genus Agave has more than 200 species of desert-loving perennials with dramatic, structurally interesting foliage. They are all from the warmer regions of the New World, mostly Mexico and Central and South America. They are beautiful ornamentals and important plants for food and utility.

Agave have fleshly leaves that form rosettes close to the ground or occasionally atop very short stout stems. The leaves may be thick and leathery, linear or sword-shaped, wide or narrow...

(Hybrid Agave)

The genus Agave has more than 200 species of desert-loving perennials with dramatic, structurally interesting foliage. They are all from the warmer regions of the New World, mostly Mexico and Central and South America. They are beautiful ornamentals and important plants for food and utility.

Agave have fleshly leaves that form rosettes close to the ground or occasionally atop very short stout stems. The leaves may be thick and leathery, linear or sword-shaped, wide or narrow...

(Hybrid Agave)

The genus Agave has more than 200 species of desert-loving perennials with dramatic, structurally interesting foliage. They are all from the warmer regions of the New World, mostly Mexico and Central and South America. They are beautiful ornamentals and important plants for food and utility.

Agave have fleshly leaves that form rosettes close to the ground or occasionally atop very short stout stems. The leaves may be thick and leathery, linear or sword-shaped, wide or narrow...

(Agave, Century Plant)

The genus Agave has more than 200 species of desert-loving perennials with dramatic, structurally interesting foliage. They are all from the warmer regions of the New World, mostly Mexico and Central and South America. They are beautiful ornamentals and important plants for food and utility.

Agave have fleshly leaves that form rosettes close to the ground or occasionally atop very short stout stems. The leaves may be thick and leathery, linear or sword-shaped, wide or narrow...

(American Agave, American Century Plant)

The American century plant forms enormous rosettes of fleshy, spiky, blue-gray leaves. These desert natives of Mexico and the southwestern United States are highly tolerant of heat and drought.

In summer they produce fragrant, yellow, feathery flowers that emerge from tall erect stems. These attract bats and birds, however plants may take up to 35 years or more before they bloom. Once a rosette blooms, it will die. Though plants produce vegetative offsets, called pups, which can be divided and...