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Salvia guaranitica |
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| | 'Black & Bloom' |
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| | The plain species |
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| | The plain species, contrasting with neighboring tropical milkweed |
| Common name |
ornamental sage |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
violet-blue |
| Size |
2-3' |
| Light |
sun |
Popular species with deep purple-blue flowers that appear over a long season of bloom, and contrast nicely with apple-green crinkly leaves. The variety 'Black & Bloom' has clearer blue flowers that open from dusky black buds, but the regular species is perfectly nice as well, with purple flowers and the same dusky calyxes. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.
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| | Quite a robust plant by early June, easily obscuring the milkweed behind it |
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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June 03, 2020
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