Blue Spire Russian Sage |
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Lamiaceae Perovskia Atriplicifolia Blue Spire |
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| Grows In | Zone 5A · -20° to -15° F through Zone 10B · 35° to 40° F |
| Sun Exposure | Full / Mostly Sun, Morning Sun / Evening Shade, Morning Shade / Evening Sun |
| Soil Drainage | Well Drained, Moderately Drained |
| Resistent To | Deer Resistant, Insect, Heat |
| Flower Color | Soft Lavender |
| Blooms | Summer Blooms, Fall Blooms, Fall Foliage, Winter Foliage, Spring Foliage, Summer Foliage, Early Summer Blooms |
| Foliage Color | Grey / Silver |
| Average Height | 3' to 4' |
| Average Width | 2' to 3' |
| Attracts | Wildlife, Visual Attention |
| Fragrances | Aromatic |
Perovskia Atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire' is a fast growing herb that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5A through 10B. It matures to an average height of 3 feet to 4 feet and an average width of 2 feet to 3 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. It prefers growing in a location that provides full sun, morning sun with afternoon shade or morning shade with afternoon sun and grows best when planted in loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained or moderately drained. In the summer and fall Blue Spire Russian Sage produces soft lavender flowers. The foliage is grey / silver in color. It attracts wildlife and visual attention and is resistant to deer, insects and heat.
Blue Spire Russian Sage can be useful in the landscape along woodland borders, in mass plantings, in containers or planters, around decks, swimming pools, and other outdoor living areas or in landscape beds or islands and also in cottage gardens, butterfly gardens, herb gardens or perennial gardens.
More About Russian Sage...Russian sage is a deciduous semi-woody subshrub with upright, grayish white stems and attractive lobed, silvery gray leaves. The stems and leaves give off a pungent odor when crushed or bruised. In late summer and fall Russian sage produces 12 in spires of small, tubular lavender flowers. Flowering persists for two or three months. Russian sage grows in a clump about 3 to 5 feet tall with a spread of two or three feet.
Russian sage is tolerant of dry, chalky soils with a high pH (alkaline); and it is salt tolerant and drought tolerant. It is therefore is suited for groing in seaside gardens.
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