Happy Bees

There are any number of reasons that I love anise hyssop (agastache foeniculum) "Golden Jubilee" -- it's a Minnesota native; its chartreuse foliage is beautifully bright and offers great color contrast with darker-leaved plants; the purple bottle-brush flowers are long-lasting and lovely; the leaves smell of mint and can be used to make a stomach-settling tea -- but maybe at the top of the list is how happy it makes the bumblebees in my garden.