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Salvia lyrata |
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| Common name |
lyre-leaf sage |
| Family |
lamiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
light blue (May) |
| Size |
1 ft |
| Light |
full sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
not fussy, drought-tolerant |
From seed  |
easy, germinates at room temperature
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| Seed ripens | mid-June |
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Mid-green foliage is patterned with burgundy veins; some of the leaves have a scalloped "lyre" shape. Pretty blue flowers on stalks rising above the foliage in mid-spring. It self-seeds abundantly in our side garden, and we generally let it be as long as it doesn't get in the way of other plants.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Anne Milligan | Feb 01, 2010 | Rob:
I'm glad your garden is in a "constant state of upheaval" - that way you all can continue creating more fun stuff! Thanks for this wonderful website and for the pictures. My husband has a particular love for salvia. When we lived in New Mexico, the taller Russian sage just flourished. Now that we're in Kentucky, we're going to try planting some native sage, the salvia lyrata. Looking forward to ordering them from you and getting started! Happy planting and moving stuff around to you all... |
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