Salvia azurea

  Salvia azurea is one of the few salvias that die down in Winter but still do well in a subtropical garden. As its common name ‘Prairie Sage’ indicates, it is adapted to the cold Winters of central USA. In Autumn it has a lovely display of pale blue flowers on airy stems, which slowly but surely arch over to the ground as the weeks pass. The growth habit is unusual for a Salvia in a few ways. The leaves are linear like tarragon, and in sets. Leader leaves are…

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