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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 48 inches
Plant Spread: 48 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fragrant
Other: Grayish-green
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Unknown
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Russian Sage
  • Lavande d'Afghanistan
  • Salvia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Salvia
  • Synonym: Perovskia
Also sold as:
  • Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Spire'
  • Blue Spires

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Location: Floors castle garden, Scotland
Date: 2013-08-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-08-31
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-11-10

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Plant Events from our members
AtaMaj On July 20, 2022 Obtained plant
added a new cultivar: Perovskia abrotanoides 'Blue Spire'
AtaMaj On April 22, 2020 Transplanted
planted 6 plants in the salvia spot with lilac bushes as a backdrop
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