SAGE BLUE

MEALY CUP SAGE

[ Salvia Farinacea ] 

Season: Perennial/Annual
Height: 2 - 3 Feet
Bloom Season: Spring/Summer/Fall
Environment: Full Sun/Partial Shade
Zones: 8 -11 (As Perennial)
All Regions of North America (As Annual)

BLUE SAGE [ Salvia Farinacea ] is a sub-shrub perennial in warmer climates and an annual where winter temperatures stay below freezing for more than a few hours at a time. The showy flowers are bright blue, about an inch long, and arranged in loose whorls along the upright stem. Mealy Cup Sage, as this plant is commonly called, bears multiple spikes of blue flowers over a long season starting in spring. Leaves are long and toothed, soft and light green tending to silver, especially the undersides.

BLUE SAGE [ Salvia Farinacea ] is a good bedding plant and useful in borders where brilliant color is desired. The plant can be used as a stunning blue-flowered hedge which will be in bloom for months. It can be used at the back of a border and in combination with a great many other flowering annuals and perennials for an English cottage garden effect. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds and maintains itself year after year without dominating or becoming invasive.

The plant is attractive to bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and birds.

The plant is drought-tolerant.

The plant is resistant to deer.

PLANTING

Sow Inside: 10-12 weeks before last frost date
Sow Outside: Spring/Fall
Seed Depth: 1/8 Inch
Days to Emerge: 14 to 24

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