Agastache Firebird Magnificent Summer Flower Plant
This magnificent plant has not been on the market for long, but it faces a golden future. Everyone who sees it is enchanted. It has orange flowers, which would normally stand in the way of its popularity. This orange, however, is so soft a shade, with such a strong tinge of brick red, that the color goes particularly well with many other plants. The greyish-green foliage enhances this effect. The plant grows about 24 in tall and flowers long and very profusely from midsummer until well into October.
According to some sources, ‘Firebird’ is a hybrid of Agastache ruprestrus x Agastache coccinea, but others regard Agastache barberi as its parent plant. All three species grow naturally in the dry, hot climate of northwest Mexico and the southwestern regions of the United States, and they are not reliably hardy. The cultivar is less sensitive to frost and will survive most winters. Propagation is by cuttings or division only. The plant prefers a warm and sunny position.
