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pitcher sage
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.0 ft. to 5.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 4.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Hummingbirds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Plains
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Flower Color
- Blue Shades
- Leaf Color
- Gray Shades, Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Seeds
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Variable, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
USDA Plants National Database recognizes two varieties of S. azurea, both native to the U.S. Variety azurea is native to the southern states and variety grandiflora is native to Colorado and much of the central and southern U.S.
Attracts hummingbirds. Important adult food source for nine specialist butterfly species.