Anise Hyssop Seeds

Cold stratified seeds in the fridge from February-March and then seeded into tray in April 2023 and then transplanted about 30 plants into the perennial bed in mid June. About 20 of them survived to 2024. The only pest damage was from ants that like to make their homes in the roots and completely kill the plant. These are vigorous plants and most of them reach to over 4 feet tall in my garden with massive lavender spikes that pollinators ADORE! As another reviewer mentioned, these are vigorous self seeders if you leave the plants to go to seed over fall/winter for the birds (which I do). There are hundreds of baby plants all over my garden, gravel, walkways, etc. (late August 2024) if you do not want this make sure to cut the plants back after blooming. As always my seeds from BI are top notch!

Anise Hyssop is slow and challenging to germinate, even if the seed quality is excellent. However, it's a prolific grower once established. Either start the seeds indoors plenty early to give yourself time for do-overs if it fails to germinate, or winter-sow outside in milk/water jugs. In either case, be sure to barely cover the seed for the best results; most problems are a function of burying the tiny seeds too deeply.

One of my new favorite flowers. Started a bunch of them from seed in trays. It took a while for plants to develop, but once they got going... I transplanted them to the sidewalk garden, and again, they were taking their time but, they seem quite hardy and slowly but surely almost all of them plants I transplanted survived. And we're talking dry California weather here. While a lot of plants die after transplanting, this one is doing quite well and love its long spike flower which hold up pretty well in our windy climate here. Buying again