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Hardiness: USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Purple White/Near White
Bloom Time: Late Summer/Early Fall
Foliage: Silver/Gray Blue-Green
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Soil pH requirements: 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) 7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline) 8.6 to 9.0 (strongly alkaline)
Propagation Methods: From herbaceous stem cuttings From woody stem cuttings By simple layering
Seed Collecting: Collect seedhead/pod when flowers fade; allow to dry
On Oct 8, 2007, Lily_love from Central, AL (Zone 7b) wrote:
I've thise Salvia for several years now, its growth habit seems a bit of restraint. It's in full bloom this time of year. Although, classified as 7b. Sometimes, due to microclimate influences; many zone 8's plants proven to be adaptive here where I'm.
On Feb 7, 2007, Marilynbeth from Hebron, KY (Zone 6a) wrote:
Last year for the first time growing it (the purple/white one and the all purple one). I had plants of the all purple one growing in the ground and in a pot. I had the purple/white one growing in a pot.
Love them both! Furry and you 'just want to touch them' each time you walk past them.
Seemed to me that the ones I had in the ground bloomed sooner than the ones I had in large 20" plastic containers on the patio (all of them were in full sun).
Blooms late in the season.
10/25/07:
The all purple variety is a big favorite of my husband! In 2006, I had two of the all purple Salvias growing in the ground next to the driveway and he really loved seeing them every day they were in bloom. I found a different spot, but close enough to the driveway this year (annuals here in zone 6), pinched it back every so often and it's happier now than the ones in 2006.
On Jun 4, 2006, Sheila965 from Rincon, GA (Zone 8a) wrote:
This is a VERY hardy plant. After a year, it will spread by root. I had to dig it up and move it earlier in the spring, so I cut it way back. I was so scared I had lost it. It is now blooming beautifully! I even shared the new shoots with my mom.
On Feb 9, 2006, Horseshoe from Efland, NC (Zone 7a) wrote:
Wonderful, easy-to-grow salvia! Blooms late summer and will bloom past our first frosts/freezes! Adds great color for late in the year. A butterfly magnet also!
On Apr 12, 2005, Tomatoholic from Austin, TX (Zone 8b) wrote:
I love this plant. It is so interesting. It blooms my favorite color too. I have two of these...one if blooming and the other is not blooming at all. They are planted in the same area so they get the same sun/water/etc. Any suggestions out there how I can get the other one to bloom? I live in Austin, TX. These are new plants I got a few weeks ago from Red Barn Nursery. Thanks.
On Aug 8, 2003, jkom51 from Oakland, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:
This is a very tough, big ever-blooming salvia. In frost-free zones it is important to cut it back regularly, as it will continue to expand until it overruns all its neighbors. I have actually seen it start to break apart granite boulders. Tends to have a rather ungainly, somewhat wild appearance if allowed to grow without occasional pruning.
A really good landscape plant, likes an alkaline un- improved soil to slightly dry, plant can run by suckering along bottom edge so cut these out for new plants. Plant on 4-6 foot centers as they can eaisily be 3-5' round and tall. Cut back hard in fall to 1' in warmer (no frost) climates and it comes back like a true herb. Have seen hummingbirds feeding on this and have yet to see a major pest.
Have had extremely good luck on drip irrigation with emmiters 6" from base.
5-6' gray-green foliage on shrub-like plant produce 18" spikes of purple flowers with white tips. Must be kept dry in winter. Prune in mid-summer for better branching. Needs well drained soil.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Huntsville, Alabama Mobile, Alabama Monroeville, Alabama Union Grove, Alabama Vincent, Alabama Fayetteville, Arkansas Arroyo Grande, California Bakersfield, California Canoga Park, California Clayton, California Fairfield, California Fallbrook, California Long Beach, California Manteca, California Merced, California Oakland, California Palm Springs, California Redwood City, California Sacramento, California (2 reports) San Anselmo, California San Diego, California San Pablo, California Santa Ana, California Spring Valley, California Victorville, California Yucca Valley, California Brooksville, Florida Fort Lauderdale, Florida Hollywood, Florida Homestead, Florida Largo, Florida Melbourne, Florida Pensacola, Florida Pompano Beach, Florida Cordele, Georgia Douglas, Georgia Rincon, Georgia Stone Mountain, Georgia Indianapolis, Indiana Hebron, Kentucky Covington, Louisiana Homer, Louisiana Zachary, Louisiana Petal, Mississippi Pahrump, Nevada Roswell, New Mexico Deposit, New York Hillsborough, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Winston Salem, North Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Conway, South Carolina Florence, South Carolina North Augusta, South Carolina North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Knoxville, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Alice, Texas Arlington, Texas Austin, Texas Bulverde, Texas College Station, Texas Conroe, Texas Desoto, Texas Devine, Texas Elgin, Texas Fort Worth, Texas (3 reports) Houston, Texas Humble, Texas Liberty Hill, Texas Mckinney, Texas Port Lavaca, Texas Rowlett, Texas San Antonio, Texas
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