Blue Jean Baby Russian Sage Vs Russian Sage

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Blue jean baby russian sage vs russian sage. Unavailable email me when available. Russian sage thrive in hot dry and sunny conditions. Quantity 1 plus minus. This bushy selection joins the.

Yep we re singing it too. Perovskia blue jean baby common name russian sage thrives in the heat of summer a cloud of smoky blue perovskia in bloom is unforgettable. Perovskia blooms on gray green aromatic foliage. What it is.

Russian sage is an excellent heat and drought tough deer resistant long blooming perennial with silvery gray leaves and purple flower spikes. Finely textured aromatic foliage is a complementary soft. Russian sage is perfect for the back of a sunny border near a mailbox or any other sunny location. Blue jean baby one of the earliest perovskia to bloom is stunning when paired with rudbeckia and echinacea.

Compact bushy mound with fragrant silver foliage. It blooms from midsummer all the way into fall so it ll provide some late season food for your neighborhood s bees and butterflies. Pot size guide. A shorter compact variety that is full and vigorous in the landscape with upright stems that resist flopping.

One of the earliest to bloom with midsummer lavender blue flowers and smoky purple calyxes that hold well into fall. 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 0 reviews write review. The following is a guide to the dangers of growing russian sage. Its main shortcoming is that it s.

Gray green foliage has a piney sage like scent and contrasts perfectly with those pollinator attracting blooms and it s highly deer resistant. Need a shorter manageable russian sage that is still vigorous in the landscape and production. That s why we like the compact habit of blue jean baby. This variety is one of the earliest perovskia to bloom.

Perovskia atriplicifolia blue jean baby pbr russian sage. Russian sage is a beautiful perennial with small blue flowers that is neither russian nor sage though it has the aroma of sage when the leaves are crushed the plant is inedible and actually can be quite poisonous. Blue jean baby russian sage perovskia atriplicifolia blue jean baby plant patent applied for. You ll get a sage like fragrance as you walk by which you may enjoy but deer and rabbits will not.

Blue jean baby is a delightful compact russian sage. Blue jean baby russian sage pp 29281 is a compact selection of russian sage that gives you beautiful lavender blue spires of late summer color with a more manageable size in the landscape. Russian sage can sometimes lodge or split its long beautiful stems toppling over instead of standing tall in the garden bed. Blue jean baby will start blooming in mid summer and the color from the lavender blue flowers will last through early fall.

It s not so heavy and won t flop over. Available to order from autumn.