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Information by: The Plant Nerd Inc.        Photographer: El Native Growers

Description

This attractive perennial quickly reaches 5' tall and wide but can be kept smaller with pruning. Foliage is gray green, lance shaped and aromatic. Clusters of violet blue flowers cover the plant in spring and summer, attracting hummingbirds, birds and butterflies. This salvia needs full sun and is drought tolerant once it's established. It is cold and heat tolerant, growing in desert and coastal areas. It tolerates sandy and clay soil. Very reliable.

Maintenance Tips

Salvia 'Pozo Blue' is a hybrid of the California native Cleveland Sage. It is a woody sage that can grow into a dome shape 5' tall and wide. The tall flower stalks emerge in the spring and are very attractive to hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. It performs best in a sunny location with the space to reach its full mature size. Once the flowers have faded, the spent stalks can be deadheaded to keep the shrub looking tidy and encourage additional flowers. Woody shrubs tend to become dense with lots of cross-branching, so thinning out the branching and allowing sunlight to the interior will benefit the plant and will encourage new, green growth. This shrub can take more aggressive hedging, cutting back by about a third in the winter to keep the nice dome shape.