Anise-Hyssop
About Anise-Hyssop
Anise-Hyssop is a popular houseplant 🌿 that is easy to grow and needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Anise-Hyssop likes soil that is well draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Anise-Hyssop belongs to the Agastache genus, and is native to North America.
Taxonomy
Agastache foeniculum
Agastache
Lamiaceae
Lamiales
Also known as
Blue giant hyssop, Agastache anethiodora, Anise hyssop, Fragrant giant hyssop and Lavender giant hyssop
How to care for Anise-Hyssop
How often to water your Anise-Hyssop
Anise-Hyssop needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Anise-Hyssop in your home
Anise-Hyssop love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Anise-Hyssop does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Anise-Hyssop in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Anise-Hyssop
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Anise-Hyssop after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Hyssop, a true bed & breakfast...if you're a bumblebee. My evening routine now includes a few checks of the anise hyssop to coo over my guests. As a kid I found it so annoying to discover my mother had taken pictures of me sleeping. I finally (sort of) get it. Busy tonight. Several bees were bunking together. 🐝🐝🍃 Wishing you and your pollinators sweet dreams 💤 (Can you find all seven sleeping bees in the second photo?) #plantsmakepeoplehappy #happyplants #happybeesyesplease #bumble #pollinators #hyssop #bluegianthyssop #anisehyssop #agastache #scentedblooms #outdoorgrowing #sweetdreamsaremadeofthis #crowsfollowmeirl 20230905
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Sleeping Bee(auty) 🐝💖 The Anise Hyssop in my garden is popular with the pollinators. The bees in particular find the flowers not just delicious but the perfect place to sleep. They lock their mandibles on to a petal and drift off... I've never seen so many sleeping bees as I have in the last couple of weeks. Bees experience the same sleep cycles as we do. The one I was watching tonight was definitely dreaming...and last night, this sleeping sweetheart was in deep sleep; he was right where I left him an hour after I first spotted him. #plantsmakepeoplehappy #happyplants #happybeesyesplease #pollinators #crowsfollowmeirl #hyssop #anisehyssop #agastache 20230817 #sweetdreamsaremadeofthis P.S. Anise Hyssop smells incredible #scentedblooms #outdoorgrowing #bluegianthyssop #hummingbirdmint
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#latenightrepot When the mood strikes, sometimes you just gotta go for it. No matter the time or lack of sunlight. I finally repotted my second #anisehyssop I swear she looked like she was stretching her legs, breathing deeper and filling out her new home within minutes of moving in. Pretty amazing, really! Wherever you are; whatever time it is there, wishing you sweet dreams. Today didn't go so well? We get another chance to try again, tomorrow. 🙏🐝🍃 #plantsmakepeoplehappy #happyplants #happybeesyesplease #pollinators #hyssop #bluegianthyssop #agastache #scentedblooms #outdoorgrowing #sweetdreamsaremadeofthis #cococoir #happyworms #vermicompost #crowsfollowmeirl 20230924
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Got two new plants I’m a plant dad now #plantdad
Care Summary for Anise-Hyssop
Anise-Hyssop
Greg recommends:
0.5 cups every 9 days
< 1ft from a window
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.