A feeling of euphoria came over The Garden Guy and I muttered to myself that my work on earth was done. OK, I am kidding to a point.
I am trialing two new agastaches, which I admit I am falling in love with: Meant to Bee Queen Nectarine and Meant to Bee Royal Raspberry. I’ll write about them in the coming months. My moment with a visit down Euphoria Lane however came when I went to Proven Winners agastache page and saw almost a dozen selections including the one that I consider the grandaddy, the foundation of all pollinator gardens worth their salt. And that is Blue Fortune.
My first trial with Blue Fortune was more than 15 years ago when I was an extension horticulture specialist with Mississippi State University. Since then it has been featured in all of my pollinator or butterfly presentations and I have written about it several times. But to be honest, it has been like I was speaking in some kind of paranormal vacuum. Oh, you would get to buy one or two ever so often. Pollinator geeks like myself kind of have an inner circle; if you see an agastache for sale, send an alert or pick some up for me, just in case I never get the chance again.
