Meant to Bee^® 'Queen Nectarine' Anise Hyssop Agastache hybrid

I’m in the same boat as most reviewers I’m a zone 6a. Bought 2 of queen nectarine 2 summers ago . Only one made it through that winter. The next summer I bought 2 more because I absolutely love them, Only one made in through that winter. So here we are mid summer with 2 plants the original was incredible looking the 2nd one was a bit smaller, then all of a sudden the leaves started falling off the original one and the second one started drying up and I have 2 stems left on that one. I’m not giving up on hyssop just the Proven Winners variety

We picked these up for some pretty peach pollinator perennials. They bloomed beautifully at the beginning of June in our full sun part our garden landscape in zone 6a (Kansas City) but they both died midway through the summer. I found it strange because everything else around it that was planted is totally fine and thriving. I think they are beautiful plants, but maybe we got too much rain (?) or it isn't hot enough for their liking? I was disappointed neither of them made it through a full summer.

I had the same issue as Laura from Garden Answer and another reviewer from Ohio. The plant is gorgeous, but I’m in zone 6b in Northern Ohio, and the queen nectarine did not survive the winter. I’m trying the royal raspberry this year, fingers crossed!

Despite its attributes, I would not recommend Queen Nectarine to anyone in zone 6 or below. I bought three Queen Nectarines in 2022 for my zone 6a garden. They were beautiful and the bees loved them. However, I was very disappointed they didn’t survive winter. One is completely dead and the other two are nearly dead. I’m actually not alone in my disappointment. Laura from Garden Answer and Erin from The Impatient Gardener also lost their Queen Nectarines over the winter. PW needs to adjust the lower zone tolerance for this plant to zone 7.