Has your “Blue Fortune” emerged yet??
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Comments (25)I am a big fan of the three plants (at least...) in this hybrid rugosa x foeniculum group. I have all three growing in my garden in some numbers this year, and they are all worth having, long blooming, and all slightly different in the garden 'Blue Fortune' -- definitely a GRAYISH-blue lavendar, it reads as lavendar from a distance but is the lightest of these 3 plants in color saturation and much less bluish than the others. 'Black Adder' -- though somebody said this was lighter than Blue Fortune above, to me eyes this is a darker more saturated color. Seems to be a little taller and more open than Blue Fortune (though that could be the cultural conditions partly). Has been through 2 average z5 winters here so I would say that it is also z5 hardy 'Purple Haze' -- this outstanding plant so far is the best of the 3 for me and the one I would choose if I could only have one. It has a pinkish cast to the lavendar blue, the flowers are slightly smaller and the spikes look a little finer, but the old flowers self shed better so it keeps a tidier, less rangy appearance through the growing season. Fantastic new plant. Some sources say z6 hardy, some z5, has not been through a winter here yet so I don't know. But I think it is of similar breeding background. For me 'Purple Haze' is one of the best 2 or 3 new plants this year. I will try to take some pictures of each of these because they really all are a little different, all fantastic plants. David...See MoreAgastache Blue Fortune a REAL perennial in zone 5a?
Comments (8)I only grow Agastache foeniculum âÂÂGolden Jubileeâ but it's not only reliably hardy where I am, it generously self-seeds in my garden beds. The Missouri Botanical Garden lists 'Blue Fortune' as hardy to Z5 and I find the information at their website to be pretty accurate (see link). Agastache is in the mint family, as is Monarda/bee balm. Feel the stems--they're square. Mint is generally considered a pretty tough perennial. Here is a link that might be useful: Missouri Botanical Garden...See MoreDutch Gardens: Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
Comments (8)Hi, I only have one small 15x15 bed that is in full sun. I have had a 'Blue Fortune' there for about 6 years and haven't had one seedling from it yet. As a matter of fact I wasn't aware that it was a reseeder. Not sure what the reason is. The plantings come up pretty thick there, but other plants have had no trouble reseeding, like cosmos and aslepias incarnata. The bed is bordered on all sides...the street, the driveway, a walkway, and lawn, so that keeps down seedlings traveling too far, but still..every year I have lots of cosmos and butterfly weed and lemon balm and bronze fennel seedlings coming up, but no blue fortune. I bought 'honey bee blue' this year as a plug and growing it on in a pot. It has branched out nicely and is blooming before the blue fortune. These are the only agastaches I am growing though I love many others that all you lucky people in CA can grow. I had Tuti Fruiti and a few others and they died over winter the first season. Adam...See MoreConeflowers Haven't Emerged Yet... Dead?
Comments (10)You do touch on quite an essential issue there, Nevermore - one which has resonance for strawberry growers or those of us who foolishly persist in growing meconopsis...and that is the lack of balance (and hormonal and metabolic activity) between root, leaf and bloom. It has always been my practice to sacrifice blooms for a year in order to build up enough root mass able to push enough foliage to feed.photosynthesise a plant to build up reserves over the winter and to maintain sufficient internal resources to carry a plant through the draining period of blooming...and I rather suspect that the hybrid echies are of that ilk. Campanula Kent Belle is another...which can, quite literally, bloom itself to death. Asters too.Not to say NO blooms at all - but for hybrid growers, it might be in order to leave just one bloom on each plant while disbudding any arising stems later in the season...with the promise of a payoff in later years. I used to do this with small own root roses too - the first season after being raised as a cutting, I would only allow one speculative bud to form and disbudd the rest. eta - not totally sure 'disbudd' is a word, especially with 2 ds....See Morelovemycorgi z5b SE michigan
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