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Salvia amplexicaulis - STEM CLASPING VIOLET SAGE
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SAL-AMP-XXX
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This Salvia is remenicent of robust Meadow Sage.
Long spikes of mauve/purple flowers, dark maroon and heavily ribbed calyxes.
Blooming time: late spring/early summer
Size: 24-30” tall and wide
USDA Zones: 4/5 to 8
Culture: full sun to half shade. Adaptable plant and easy - any soil (acidic, alkaline, average). Avoid wet and waterlogged soils.
Moisture Needs: average - medium, medium-dry, medium-moist
Origin: Southeastern Europe
Black Walnut Tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: the whole plant is aromatic = yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes/yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: For sunny/halfshade.Can be combined with plants that prefer somewhat drier conditions = from native choose shorter Agastache, shorter Amsonia, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Cunila origanoides, Eryngium juccifolium, Echinacea, Gaura (shorter cultivars), shorter Liatris, Penstemons, Ruellia humilis, Stokesia, Verbena canadensis, Yucca, native grasses like Boutelloa gracilis or B. curtipendula, Koeleria cristata, Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara' (or non-native Sesleria), medium-sized Panicum.
And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, shorter Aquilegia, Armeria, shorter Aster, Calamintha, Campanula, Cerastium, Delosperma, Dianthus, Eryngium, Geranium (G. sanquineum, G. dalmaticum and x cantabrigiense, G. endresii, G. renardii), Gypsohila, Iris x barbata (=I. x germanica), Lavandula, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Perovskia, Platycodon, Satureja, other Salvia, Sedum, Sempervivum, low Stachys, Scabiosa columbaria, Thymus, lower Veronica, etc.
But it will go well with plants that like more moisture too = Iris sibirica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Hemerocallis (daylily), Phlox paniculata hybrids or Phlox carolina hybrids.
Pictures Copyright: Liberto Dario
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Salvia amplexicaulis - STEM CLASPING VIOLET SAGE
$8.99
This Salvia is remenicent of robust Meadow Sage.
Long spikes of mauve/purple flowers, dark maroon and heavily ribbed calyxes.
Blooming time: late spring/early summer
Size: 24-30” tall and wide
USDA Zones: 4/5 to 8
Culture: full sun to half shade. Adaptable plant and easy - any soil (acidic, alkaline, average). Avoid wet and waterlogged soils.
Moisture Needs: average - medium, medium-dry, medium-moist
Origin: Southeastern Europe
Black Walnut Tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: the whole plant is aromatic = yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes/yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: For sunny/halfshade.Can be combined with plants that prefer somewhat drier conditions = from native choose shorter Agastache, shorter Amsonia, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Cunila origanoides, Eryngium juccifolium, Echinacea, Gaura (shorter cultivars), shorter Liatris, Penstemons, Ruellia humilis, Stokesia, Verbena canadensis, Yucca, native grasses like Boutelloa gracilis or B. curtipendula, Koeleria cristata, Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara' (or non-native Sesleria), medium-sized Panicum.
And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, shorter Aquilegia, Armeria, shorter Aster, Calamintha, Campanula, Cerastium, Delosperma, Dianthus, Eryngium, Geranium (G. sanquineum, G. dalmaticum and x cantabrigiense, G. endresii, G. renardii), Gypsohila, Iris x barbata (=I. x germanica), Lavandula, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Perovskia, Platycodon, Satureja, other Salvia, Sedum, Sempervivum, low Stachys, Scabiosa columbaria, Thymus, lower Veronica, etc.
But it will go well with plants that like more moisture too = Iris sibirica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Hemerocallis (daylily), Phlox paniculata hybrids or Phlox carolina hybrids.
Pictures Copyright: Liberto Dario
