Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia forsskaolii
Family: (Lamiaceae)
(P) to 3+’. Indigo Woodland Sage. Balkan peninsula, Bulgaria to Turkey. This plant was named after Finnish explorer Peter Forsskål, a student of Carl Linnaeus. Large basal clumps of textural green foliage give rise to long, branched flowering stems with whorls of showy, bi-lipped, violet-blue flowers with white streaks on the lower lip. A great Salvia for open woodland plantings. Blooms summer into early autumn. Full sun to part shade. Moist, well-drained soil. 4 & T3