Salvia 'Big Blue' - SAGE HYBRID 'BIG BLUE'

Flowers are bigger and have spikes of deeper purple-blue than previous 'Mystic Spires' Salvia.

Robust, vigorous, rich flowering for a very long season.

Drought, heat and humidity tolerant and pollinator magnet!

Blooming time: early/mid summer fall (in southern states starts to bloom in June, in northern states later)
Size: 36” tall x 20" wide (in southern states or where perennial grows to 4' x 3')
USDA Zones: 7b/8 to 10b
Culture: full sun to half shade, dappled sun - ideal is 6+ hours of direct sun or more. Adaptable and easy - any soil with some organic matter. Tolerant to heat and humidity, established plants tolerate droughts and drier conditions
Moisture Needs: average - medium to medium-dry, dry
Origin: Introduced by Ball/Pan Am Seed as a interspecific hybrid of Texas native Salvia farrinacea and Salvia longispicata (native to southwestern Mexico). Seed propagated and patented variety under PAS1246577.
Black Walnut Tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes - the whole plant is aromatic
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes/yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: For sunny garden (public and private). Can be combined with plants that prefer somewhat drier conditions (and are drought tolerant). For natives choose shorter Agastache, shorter Amsonia, Antennaria, Asclepias tuberosa, smaller Baptisia, Campanula rotundifolia, Coreopsis, Cunila origanoides, Dalea, Eryngium juccifolium, Echinacea, Gaillardia, Gaura (shorter cultivars), shorter Liatris, Penstemons, Ruellia humilis, Stokesia, Verbena canadensis, Yucca, native grasses like Boutelloa gracilis or B. curtipendula, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus heterolepis (or non-native Sesleria), Panicum.

And with 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 also go well with plants that like more moisture = Iris sibirica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Hemerocallis (daylily), Hibiscus, Monarda, Phlox paniculata hybrids or Phlox carolina hybrids.

Pictures Copyright: 1- cultivar 413, Commons Wikimedia, 2- US Perennials