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

Robust and vigorous, rich flowering for very long season.

Drought, heat and humidity tolerant and pollinator magnet!

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

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 10 b
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.

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

Plant Combinations: For sunny garden (public and private). Can be combined with plants that prefer somewhat drier conditions (and are drought tolerant) = from native 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 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,...

But it will go well with plants that do like more moisture too = Iris sibirica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Hemerocallis (daylily), Hibiscus, Monarda, Phlox paniculata hybrids or Phlox carolina hybrids.