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Salvia azurea
Prairie Sage, New Mexico form
Quick Facts :: Growing Tips
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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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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
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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.
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