Agastache is a perennial, so you are fine.

Becky

Maybe in my experience, it's different, but I had the best luck sowing seeds later in the winter. I'm waiting this year too. But I did have several reseeds from Golden Jubilee, not as many as I would have expected given the number of seeds those things produce.

Thanks for your replies, but I'm still not sure what to do. Does anybody in SE PA have any experience they can share. Thanks. Carol

Not in SE PA - but I've WSed agastache in January; they came up a month later, and did just fine.

PV

good because I winter sowed some today and I was concerned for a minute.

You need to check the zone hardiness on whichever variety you have, some are perennial someplaces not others.

I think Doris got it. Some of mine are labeled perennials, others are half hardy annuals.

Thanks again, after checking the seed packs they both say perennial. One is Burpee Seeds Agastache Pink Pop and the other is Botanical Interests Seeds Agastache foeniculum Lavender Hyssop. I think I'll be okay. We're supposed to get some snow tonight so we'll see.
Carol

Agastache foeniculum

This one came back for me here in zone 5, you should be ok with it in Z6..

The other one, i dunno about.

:)

Pink pop is new to me this year too.

One site I looked at says it's cold hardy to 5*F. Of course, that means you have seedlings at that point. It should be okay as long as it doesn't sprout early. Move the containers to full shade on the north side of the house. Move them back in late March.

Thanks everybody, I'm moving the containers tomorrow before the next big storm hits this weekend. Into the shade they go until March.
Carol

My first time for Agastache - Honey Bee White.
Since Token puts his out in sun in March, and he is a couple of zones south of me, should I wait til April, to put in sun?

thanks.

Hey, agastache is a perennial. It's early February. I don't see any problem. Remember, token is in in NC zone 7B, gets warm temps this time of year and early sprouts. For those of us up here in Oh and NJ and Pa- hell, we're going to be buried in snow again tomorrow! Agastache is a hardy perennial and it has been wintersown. Better off than volunteers, the wintersown ones are protected in their jugs.

Remember folks, this is wintersowing, not raising seeds indoors under lights. Let Mother Nature do her thing. Your only role is to sow them and make sure sprouts don't fry in spring or die of thirst.

Karen

Karen's right. Down here, we've had a few days in the mid 60s this month. We've also had nights in the teens (no single digits so far this year). So my wintersowing has to be done a little different than the northern zones. I can't sow annuals or anything tender until March. We've got more snow planned this weekend and I have tons of sprouts. I'm not worried though, they're all hardy little things.

It's MY experience that agastache needs to be sown later for MY zone. Your mileage may vary. :)

I sowed Golden Jubilee and Sunset in milk jugs on Jan. 7th.
I've had sprouts for a while now and last week we had a few nights below freezing and the sprouts are fine.
Guess I'll wait and see if I sowed too early.
I did keep a few seeds just in case.

Last year in Zone 7b I had Apricot Sprite and Foeniculum white and blue and sowed both in January. They did fine in part sun outside in their milk jugs and sprouted in late March. No problems at all. I have another Apricot Sprite out there now and I have no plans to move it. This is my second year and I am not going to worry about it too much. :)