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Salvia farinacea |
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Mealycup Sage |
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Southern United States and Mexico |
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Erect |
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14-24 inches |
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Flowers are borne on an 8 inch tall interrupted spike,
corolla, violet blue or white flowers, bracts
small, green, early deciduous, calyx densely
white to purplish tomentose. |
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Midsummer to frost |
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Leaves opposite to whorled, minutely pubescent,
leaves ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 1˝-3 inches long, acute at
apex, coarsely and irregularly serrate, uppermost leaves
linear lanceolate, square stems. |
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Strong grower in extreme heat |
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- 'Argent' - Flowers are silvery-white.
- 'Blue Bedder' - 24 inches,
compact, blue flowers.
- 'Catima' - 24 inches, dark blue flowers, uniform, bushy habit.
- 'Regal Purple' - 24 inches, deep violet-blue flowers.
- 'Rhea' - Violet-blue flowers on compact stems.
12-14 inches tall and it is shorter than 'Victoria'.
- 'Silvery White' - Silver-white flowers, 18-20 inches tall. It
can be used in combination with 'Victoria'.
- 'Victoria' - 18 inches, dwarf, uniform with basal branching. 14 inches
spread, intense violet-blue flowers.
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