Agastache foeniculum Licorice Mint Anise Hyssop


	This stately plant is not a mint and is not a licorice. But, it is a tasty culinary herb that combines licorice flavor with mint. With a sweet rather than spicy flavor, it can be used for desserts or drinks. Try steeping washed leaves in milk prior to adding the milk to your ice cream maker. Even though the flowers of Licorice Mint are culinary it is better to leave them for the butterflies. While they can be eaten, they may contain tiny insects, thrips, that are almost impossible to remove.
	The bee, the bee. The big yellow and black bumblebee (at the bottom of the front spike) is one of many to visit our Licorice Mint hedge. Anise is a licorice flavored annual and is a totally different plant, Pimpinella anisum, but its name and flavor are often used to describe the flavor of many other plants including our Agastache foeniculum.
	Licorice Mint flowers as far as the eye can see. Licorice Mint (also known as Anise Hyssop) always dies back to the ground in winter and emerges again in early spring. It blooms almost all summer and will freely seed itself, if not pruned. Small birds love the seeds.
	Licorice Mint is one of the six plants chosen to be in our Zone 5 Fragrant Herb Garden Six Pack and our Wildlife Herb Garden Six Pack. It also makes a great addition to our Gourmet Herb Garden Six Pack.

Cultural Information

Height: 4 Feet in Flower

Hardiness: Perennial
in Zones 5-11

Flower Color: Bluish Purple

Characteristics: Full Sun,
Herbaceous

Uses: Butterfly and
Hummingbird Plant
Culinary,
Ornamental

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