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Common Name

Blue Flame Giant Purple Sage

Scientific Name

Salvia pachyphylla Blue Flame

Botanical Pronunciation

SAL-vee-ah pak-ee-FIL-uh

Plant Type

Small Shrubs

Deciduous / Evergreen

Evergreen

Special Features

Like a gas flame, the long tubular blue flowers poke through the rose-pink bracts attracting hummingbirds, butterflies and pollinators.

Blooms

Summer

Growth Habit

Shrub

Growth Rate

Moderate

Average Landscape Size

24" tall x 24-30" wide

Landscape Uses

Beds, Borders, Patio, Containers

Care Information

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USDA Hardiness Zone

5-9

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