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One of my favorite Salvias. I've had them for years and the flowers are incredibly blue and while the plant is sterile it is not without nectar, they are highly attractive to large native bumblebees and hummingbirds.
It can tolerate humid heat unlike many other closely related blue Salvia species (eg S patens) however it needs correct siting.
In FL, a trick is to place it in an area under a tree where St. Augustine lawn grass does not need irrigation. They like moist soil with decent humus layer such as that found under thin-leaved deciduous trees. My most impressive ones are beneath a neighbors Crape Myrtle. They regularly form roots on their stems like tomatoes which makes propagation easy.
Foliage is a pebbled apple green and complements the glossy dark green of many shade plants (eg red star anise and camellia). Flowers look great with firebush too.

One of several plants sold as 'Blue Marguerite Daisy', distinguished from compact forms of F. aethiopica by opposite leaves.

While I'm mostly seeing it native to areas with average summer highs in the 70s along the southern African coast, this plant has continued to survive in N FL despite daily 90s simply by moving their containers to loose dappled shade (via Cassia) / morning sun. They even still throw a few flowers though the petals are paler than they were.

I haven't seen much pollinator interest here. I suspect they appeal to smaller wasps/bees and hoverflies which are spoiled for choice in my garden.

I only purchased these plants this past spring so it is too soon to recommend them in my conditions but I'm pleasantly surprised so far. I'm curious of how they'll perform in the fall when it's no longer 93 degrees with nighttime lows of 78 lol