08/27/2026
I love this little blurb in the middle of the week.
Wildflower Wednesday at Natives in Harmony.
It’s time for another Wildflower Wednesday! This week we’re highlighting a great native perennial for woodland edges and shadier areas of your landscape.
Meet Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides), a robust grower reaching heights of 4-7’ tall in woodlands, wooded boarders, openings in forests, thickets, meadows in wooded areas, and powerline clearings with a wooded corridor. This plant dislikes dry, sunny areas and thrives in partial sun or light shade in moist, fertile loamy soils. In favorable conditions, it will slowly form colonies by spreading rhizomes. Unlike other members of the mint family, its foliage is not fragrant, but due to the bitterness of its leaves it is not a preferred browse by deer. The flowering spike contains many cream-yellow flowers that open a few at a time beginning in late summer and throughout autumn. This makes it an important long-lived nectar source for various bees, bee flies, butterflies, and moths during a crucial time of year. While the blooms are not very showy, yellow giant hyssop deserves a spot in any woodland garden, forest edge, or shaded pollinator garden for the late season resources it provides.
Height: 4-7’
Spread: 1-3’
Bloom Time: July-September
Bloom Color: cream-yellow
Sun: light shade-partial sun
Water: moist-medium
