Salvia azurea (Blue Sage)

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Common Name:  Blue Sage

Attracts:  Bees, Butterflies

Use:  Garden or Naturalizing

Light:  Full Sun

Hardiness Zone: (4)5 to 9   USDA Zone Map

Soils:  Dry to Medium

Flower Time:  July - Late September

Flower Color:  Blue (really!)

Height:  3'-5'

Notes:  Salvia azurea  (Blue Sage) is a beautiful blue flowering sage, though watch the hardiness zone(!).  Bloom time can be extended by removing spent blooms if plants in moist soil.  Noted as deer-resistant by UVM.

Host plant of VT Bee Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN):
Bombus pensylvanicus (American Bumble bee)
Osmia lignaria (Blue Orchard bee)

Naturalized in NY, western CT, native to Midwest, Central and Southern US:  Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).