Herbs · Perennial
Anise hyssop
Lamiaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 40 cm
- USDA zones
- 4a–10a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 14 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:sandyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Anise hyssop is perennial and a bee magnet — the purple flower spikes pull in bumblebees by the swarm. The leaves taste like anise liquorice; I use them for tea and summer punch. Tough, undemanding, plant once and it stays for years.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-27 Phase 7 expansion
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