(fragrant hyssop)
- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 4 feet
- Project:
- Boulevard, Raingarden, Shoreline Buffer, Upland Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Purple
- Bloom Months:
- July, August, September
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Hummingbirds, Native Bees, Nesting and Structure (Bees), Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Mahnomen, Marshall, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Todd, Wadena, Washington, Winona, Wright
Notes/Description:
One of the more ornamental and larger of our native mints. Giant hyssop grows well in gardens and produces excellent cutflowers. Will work well in shallow rain gardens and upland buffers. It self-seeds readily and may spread in gardens.