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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
Salvia texana
Blue Texas Sage
Item #: 14074
Zones: 6a to 9b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Salvia texana is a North American native sage, ranging from North Central Texas south into Northern Mexico. It's similar to its cousin, Salvia engelmannii, forming a compact 18" tall x 18" wide clump of rosemary-like fuzzy green leaves and adorned from early May (NC) through mid-summer with an array of lavender-blue flowers. Salvia texana is an alkaline soil native, but has also thrived in slightly acidic soils as long as the drainage is excellent. It loves our gravelly crevice garden.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Salvia
Flower Color: Blue
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Spring
Garden Themes: Cottage Garden Plants , Rock Garden Plants , Southwest Garden Plants
Other: Fragrant Foliage Plants , Deer Resistant Plants , Drought Tolerant Plants , Hummingbird Plants , Pollinator Plants , Medicinal Plants , North American Native Plants , Plants that Attract Birds , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Salt Tolerant Seaside Plants , Texas Native Plants , Xeriscaping Plants , United States Native Plants