Field Guide / Native Plant
Native Plant
Mealy Blue Sage
Salvia farinacea
Mealy blue sage carries spikes of true blue — an honest color, not the bruised purple most plants try to pass off — spring to frost, on a Texas native tougher than every pampered nursery cultivar bred from it. The bees and butterflies swarm it; the cultivars get the marketing budget. Plant it in a drift. 💙
Water
Low
Sun
Full · part
Blooms
Spring–fall
Wildlife
Bees · butterflies
Spikes of true blue most of the year — this is the native salvia the popular cultivars were bred from, and like a lot of originals, it's tougher than any of its famous children.
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