Dusky Maiden Smoketree agastache Attractive foliage starts the season

Attractive foliage starts the season with a bronze tinge

as they'll continue to ripen after they've been picked

They make beautiful cut flowers

When planted with spring-blooming bulbs

Dusky Maiden Smoketree agastache Attractive foliage starts the seasonSaid to be an improvement over Royal Purple. We're not so sure about that, but its flowers are certainly more colorful, mixing white and purple. The flowers create an amazing fluffy appearance for up to two months. Mature plants look like they are covered in a multi colored cloud of smoke. Deciduous leaves turn golden yellow, orange and scarlet red in autumn. Tolerant of a wide range of soils, autumn color is richer in acid soils. Zones 6 8.