Botanical Name: Lepechinia fragrans
Common Name: Pitcher sage, Fragrant pitcher sage
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape Loosely constructed, upright plant that borders between an herbaceous perennial and a woody shrub; produces purple trumpet-like flowers
Height 2 to 6 ft.
Spread 2 to 6 ft.
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors; full sun to shade
Soil any soil with good drainage
Hardiness hardy; Zones 12-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves deltoid to lanceolate, spring foliage may be 6" long but leaves produced in summer are much smaller, to 2" long; foliage is fuzzy gray green
Flowers bell-shaped to tubular, pink to purple, to 1-1/2" long, 1" across; generally borne on loose spikes in spring
Fruit 1/4" diameter berry; begins white and turns blue
 
Propagation:
seed, stem cuttings
 
Usage:
good filler or loose background plant; appreciated for foxglove-like flowers and grayish foliage, which has a fruity scent
 
Landscape Care:
Watering drought tolerant once established; tolerates occasional watering
Fertilizing none required
Pruning pinch regularly to encourage denser form
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other short-lived in cultivation; ‘El Tigre’ has darker flowers
 
Origin: southern coastal California
Family: Labiatae
 
Notes:
 
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