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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 4 - 5 feet
Plant Spread: 4 - 5 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: gray green
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Other: Dark blue to purple
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Parentage: Midnight x Salvia elegans
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Sage
  • Salvia

'Anthony Parker' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 30, 2015.
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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-11-28
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2017-11-08
This is cut to the ground annually in winter. Blooms fall to fros
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-04-12
Beautiful foliage on this well behaved late blooming Salvia 'Anth
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2013-11-10
Location: South Carolina Botanical Garden
Date: 2015-10-20

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: My property
Date: 2011-10-30
Location: In my garden
Date: 2011-10-15

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: South Carolina Botanical Garden
Date: 2015-10-20

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: My property
Date: 2011-10-30
Photo by wcgypsy
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Comments:
  • Posted by wcgypsy (Northern California) on Feb 16, 2016 6:08 AM concerning plant:
    This plant roots incredibly easily and quickly from tip cuttings in water. One year I rooted 300 2" length tips in baby food jars of water. Yeah, I got carried away because they root so readily.
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Aug 25, 2014 8:13 PM concerning plant:
    Salvia 'Anthony Parker' is a beautiful salvia.

    This salvia got its name when Frances Parker of South Carolina discovered a chance hybrid seedling in her garden and named it for her grandson, Anthony.
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