Salvia azurea

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Salvia azurea

Prairie Sage, New Mexico form

Quick Facts :: Growing Tips

Attract Bees Full and Afternoon Sun Xeric Attract Butterflies Resists Deer Resists Rabbits  Legend

Description:

36-40” x 15” wide, (seed/cutting propagated). This is an unusually xeric, clear blue colored form of the lovely Prairie Sage grown from seed I collected from a patch of short grass prairie just east of Santa Fe, NM. The flowers of this collection are as blue as the NM sky on a September afternoon. These plants are strong stemmed, upright growers that flower for over a month beginning in early fall and are found growing in alkaline clay-loam. Pair it up with Zauschneria arizonica
for an extended display of fall color.

Zones 4-8.

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Salvia azurea (Prairie Sage, New Mexico form)
     
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QUICK FACTS
USDA Growing Zones 4 - 8
Color Blue
Regions USA
Rain 10in - 20in, 20in - 30in, 30in - 40in (with care)
Bloom Time Summer, Early Fall
Sun Full and Afternoon Sun
Soil Average Garden Soil, Clay Soil, Sandy Garden Soil
Moisture Xeric
Height Large - 36in. to 5ft.
Plants for Pollinators Attract Bees, Attract Butterflies
Resistant to Hungry Critters Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits
GROWING TIPS

Cut the plant’s stems back to a height of 2-4” in mid-spring. Leave standing over the winter months. This Salvia quickly sprouts new stems from the crown in spring and blooms on this new wood in late summer/early fall.