On Gardening: Blue Fortune anise hyssop simply stunning in the garden Blue Fortune Agastache, or anise hyssop, is causing quite a stir in our garden. We have dozens — some partnered with TigerEye Gold rudbeckia, others with the scarlet milkweed — but believe me when I say 3- to 4-foot-tall incredible spikes of blue bottle brush-like flowers are indeed stealing the show.
June 16, 2013 - The Pantagraph
Carl Linnaeus in St. Catharines Standard Linnaeus told Rudbeck that "so long as the Earth shall survive, and each spring shall see it covered with flowers, the rudbeckia will preserve your glorious name."