Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia macrophylla
Family: (Lamiaceae)
(TP) to 4′. Peruvian Sage. Columbia, Peru, Bolivia. We have grown this plant underglass in pots for a few years and had enough to plant out in our Flower Garden last season. It was a big presence and performed beautifully. The architectural, lime green spikes in bud are attractive in themselves, with hints of blue as the flowers start to open. The flowers are large and typical of a Salvia, but of a striking Persian blue with protruding white filaments tipped with blue anthers. The leaves add to the show; triangular-hastate in shape and very large, up to 8 inches long and 5 inches wide, and strikingly violet on the underside. Sun. 4 & T2
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