Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Tall, airy spike-like clusters create a lavender-blue cloud of color above the foliage of this plant, which was named Perennial Plant of the Year in 1995. Finely textured gray leaves on a multi-stemmed form.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | pe-ROF-ski-a a-tri-pli-si-FO-li-a |
| Key feature: | Summer Flowering |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 3 - 24, 28 - 35, 37, 39 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Special features: | Easy Care, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 6421 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: early spring.
Design Ideas
Although it is from Russia, this lovely airy plant has the rangy character of Western sagebrush. Use it in dry landscapes with other desert plants or in gardens filled with natives of the same ilk. Very nice background in the cottage garden. A valuable plant for the Santa Fe style or even as a Mediterranean plant for that Tuscan garden of your dreams. Plant as singles, in clusters to intensify its presence, or in a linear mass for knot gardens or small divider hedges.
Tall, airy spike-like clusters create a lavender-blue cloud of color above the foliage of this plant, which was named Perennial Plant of the Year in 1995. Finely textured gray leaves on a multi-stemmed form.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: early spring.
Design Ideas
Although it is from Russia, this lovely airy plant has the rangy character of Western sagebrush. Use it in dry landscapes with other desert plants or in gardens filled with natives of the same ilk. Very nice background in the cottage garden. A valuable plant for the Santa Fe style or even as a Mediterranean plant for that Tuscan garden of your dreams. Plant as singles, in clusters to intensify its presence, or in a linear mass for knot gardens or small divider hedges.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | pe-ROF-ski-a a-tri-pli-si-FO-li-a |
| Key feature: | Summer Flowering |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 3 - 24, 28 - 35, 37, 39 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Special features: | Easy Care, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Purple |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Gray-green |
| Item no.: | 6421 |
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