Mystic Spires Blue salvia
Salvia 'Mystic Spires Blue'
USDA zones7 to 10
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterNeeds moderate soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Mystic Spires Blue' salvia (Salvia 'Mystic Spires Blue') is an annual for borders, containers, and xeriscape gardens. This plant likes full sun, average moisture, and sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. It grows 24 to 36 inches tall and wide, and it is drought tolerant. Deer tend to browse other plants first. The flowers open from early to late summer and again from early to late autumn, and butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit them.
Pairs well with Purple top, Silver feather grass, Black-eyed Susan, and Moonbeam coreopsis.