Salvia canescens var. daghestanica 1Q

(Sage)

Native to the Caucasus Mountains, this salvia forms a low mat of rosettes of oblong leaves that appear silvery white due to the velvety hairs covering them. In early summer blue-violet flowers with deep purple bracts stud flowering stalks rising 10” above the foliage. Prefers dry gravelly soil.

• Plant Patent: n/a
• Container Size: trade quart
• USDA Zone: 5-8
• Height: 6”
• Spread:
• Sun Exposure: full sun
• Soil Moisture: dry
• Bloom Time: late spring to early summer
• Bloom Color: blue
• Foliage Color: silver-gray
• US Native: no
• Wildlife Benefit:
• Notes: groundcover, deer tolerant, drought tolerant