
Perennial Salvia
- Botanical Name
- Salvia x
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Width
- 18 inches
- Flowers
- Summer: violet, purple, blue, rose
- Light
- Full sun (flops with excess shade)
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 15 to 18 inches apart
- Tolerates drought once established
- Deadhead to side buds
- Leave plants stand for winter hardiness
- Problems
- Leaf spot, floppy with excess fertilizer and shade
- Varieties
- May Night (Mainacht) - Perennial Plant of the Year 1997, indigo blue flowers, 24 to 36 inches
- Blue Hill - 18 inches, sky blue flowers, rebloomer
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