Agastache 'Golden Jubilee' is a pollinator magnet and valuable source of nectar. It is visited by Skippers, Fritillaries, and other butterflies.

It has special value to native, bumble, and honey bees, especially longhorned, bumble, small resin, and leafcutter bees. It also attracts beneficial insects such as bee flies and soldier beetles.

It is visited occasionally by hummingbirds.

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Bought this plant about 5 years ago and planted it in an area that gets morning/noon sun. It was an absolutely beautiful golden color the first year. The following year, and every year thereafter, the leaves were the dark color seen in my photos. Not at all golden. Blooms the same color as always, however. Tolerates poor soil and my zone 5 winter well.

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I have had 'Golden Jubilee' since I started gardening in 2005. I have heard that for some the leaves lose their golden glow and turn to green. This has never happened for me, but I have seen it in other yards. Perhaps it is due to the amount of sun it gets.

I do absolutely nothing to my 'Golden Jubilee' (no supplemental watering, no fertilizing, no dead heading) other than pull out the millions of seedlings it produces. No matter, they are very easy to pull out. The birds move the seeds all over my yard. Sometimes it is amusing to see where seedlings emerge. Some seasons I let the new plants take hold. Sometimes I clean house, except for my original stand.

I was surprised to see hummingbirds feeding on the blooms. Mostly mine are swarmed with bees of one sort or another.

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This plant doesn't live over in my zone 3 garden but does seed itself and bloom the first year from that seeding.

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Contrary to the information in an earlier comment, this plant keeps its golden foliage and does not usually revert to dark green. Sounds like a fluke. I've had mine for 3 years and it always comes back golden. Dried leaves have a slight licorice flavor. Makes great herbal tea mixtures. Try it with chamomile.

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An interesting bit of this plant's history is that the plant was named 'Golden Jubilee' to commemorate the 50 year reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

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This is the second year for this plant in my garden. I have it in full sun, but this year our summer was very cool/rainy until recently. The foliage did not do well under these conditions--a lot of brown/mottled spots on the leaves. The bloom was OK, but the color was not as vibrant as I expected.

Will want to wait another year to see how it does under different growing conditions.

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I got seeds in Jan. 2017 seed swap here from MrsBinWY. Planted in Feb. 2018 here in south Louisiana zone 9 & enjoyed them all Summer. I collected a lot of seeds but many fell. About May 15th I saw volunteers coming up all in that area. It's June 13, 2018 and they are now 6 inch plants. I'm very happy for these free beauties.

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I planted these near green Agastache foeniculum for the contrast. At first I wasn't sure that was a good idea, but as it grew, there was a definite difference in coloring. With the echoing shapes and bloom colors, it was a nice effect. It bloomed first year from winter sowing here. And of course as with all agastaches, I love the mint-like herbal scent. The little ones love to pull leaves off to chew; they call it "gum."

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I love the color of the leaves of Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'. It's worth growing just for the color of the leaves. When I first planted it, I was surprised at how many new seedlings it made, so now I plant it and just cut the flowers as they bloom and/or cut them off before they go to seed.

I love all Agastaches and have grown and grow many of them, I just find that this variety self seeds everywhere.

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