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Official Name: Agastache foeniculum
General description: Anise hyssop, Agastache foeniculum, is a short-lived herbaceous perennial with blue flowers and fragrant foliage that can be used as an ornamental or in the herb garden. Anise hyssop has an upright form. Other common names include blue giant hyssop, fragrant giant hyssop and lavender giant hyssop.
How to grow: Anise hyssop is easily started from seed and often blooms the first year, but also can be propagated in spring or fall by division of plants that spread by rhizomes. Seeds need light to germinate, so barely cover the seeds. They should germinate in 1-4 weeks; cold, moist stratification improves germination.
Benefits: Anise Hyssop (Agastache Foeniculum) is rated as the Herb of the Year of 2019 by the International Herb Association. This herb possesses a wide range of medicinal benefits, including healing burn, relieving stress and congestion, pains from excessive coughing and curing summer colds and diarrhea