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Salvia greggii 'Mirage™ Deep Purple' |
Popular for its ease and beauty, Mirage Deep Purple Salvia is a complimentary accent piece to any garden! This showy, fragrant sage has deep purple, two-lipped forming blooms that are quite popular in attracting pollinators of all sorts. Alongside with its vibrancy, other attributes that make it an ideal candidate for landscaping are being heat and drought-tolerant, doing well in containers, as well as being deer-resistant. With a Spring-Autumn bloom cycle, who can say no to this shrub?!
Salvia is a large genus of plants with over 1,000 varieties. They are generally drought tolerant, deer resistant, and their colorful blooms last for weeks from spring through fall. Evergreen perennials with lovely, fragrant foliage. They are low-maintenance and require little fertilization. These beauties are attractive not only to humans, but pollinators such as hummingbirds, bees and butterflies!
