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Salvia azure

Blue sage

Dead heading. Cut back stems hard  in late winter or early spring to promote new  growth.

Salvia azurea, commonly called Blue Sage or Azure Sage, is a hardy, drought-tolerant perennial known for its tall spikes of beautiful sky-blue flowers from summer to autumn, attracting pollinators like bees and butterflies with its nectar-rich blooms and providing structure in garden borders, rockeries, or wildflower meadows. It thrives in full sun, well-drained soil, dying back in winter and regenerating in spring.

Maintenance

Dead heading. Cut back stems hard in late winter or early spring to promote new growth.

Height and spread

Up to 1.2 m x 1.5 m

Some photographs by Martina Gemmola

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