Botanical Name: Salvia discolor
Common Name: Salvia discolor
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character Evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape rangy, sprawling sub shrub with dark green leaves above silvery white beneath, may develop long, rangy, arching branches
Height 2 to 3'
Spread 2 to 3'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to part shade
Soil tolerates any soil with good drainage
Hardiness some frost
 
Morphology:
Leaves oppositely arrange, elliptical to 2" long, 1" across; dark green and leathery above, white tomentose beneath; aromatic leaves
Flowers deep indigo (almost black) to 1/2" long tubular flowers in teminal spikes throughout the warm season
Fruit small nutlet
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings
 
Usage:
mix with other Salvias, used for foliage and form; good on slopes and rustic areas, native areas; used for nearly black flower color
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average water when planted, drought tolerant when established
Fertilizing none
Pruning head back in fall to induce bushy growth
Pests/Diseases none
Special Conditions/Other very attractive to bees
 
Origin: Peru
Family: Lamiaceae

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