Blue Bedder mealycup sage
Salvia farinacea 'Blue Bedder'
USDA zones8 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Blue Bedder' mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea 'Blue Bedder') is an annual for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and pollinator gardens. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a clumping plant that grows 24 to 36 inches tall and 12 to 24 inches wide. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit the flowers, and it tolerates drought once it settles in.
Pairs well with Cosmos, Coneflower, Lanceleaf coreopsis, and Zinnia.