Salvia microphylla 'Blue Velvet'

Description

Beautiful dark blue calyces with purple-blue flowers, Blue Velvet represents the feeling of royalty! With large, rich, and vibrant two-lipped blooms it has a long flowering cycle of Spring-Fall, giving it plenty of opportunity to share its wealth with passing-by pollinators. This salvia will do best in full sun to part shade and is drought tolerant once established.

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!