Is Agastache blue fortune edible?
Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ provides excellent late-season color in the garden. As an added bonus this plant is edible. You can eat the flowers or foliage and get a slight licorice taste, it can even be added to drinks or food. Mmm… you might wonder why the pollinators are so crazy about Blue Fortune Anise Hyssop. Try the minty-sweet flowers for yourself in a salad—they’re edible! The leaves also add a unique twist to herbal tea.Blue Boa’ Anise Hyssop is an improvement on ‘Blue Fortune’. The large fragrant flower spikes are larger and deeper blue in color, verging on violet. The foliage is a bright green and wonderfully fragrant when touched.
What is the best Agastache for tea?
The most popular Agastache is anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum). The true species has purple flowers. It stands 3 feet tall with an upright growth habit and spiky flowers. The purple, fuzzy flowers and leaves have a mint and licorice scent and flavor making them favorites for teas. In the past, Indigenous peoples used Agastache to flavour their dishes and drinks. They added its fresh leaves to salads, soups, and stews. They also made teas and refreshing drinks.Agastache is an edible member of the Lamiaceae (mint) family. The fragrant foliage and nectar-rich flowers are great additions to a summer salad or can be dried and used as the basis for an herbal tea mixture.