Salvia pratensis
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Common Name: meadow sage
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Lamiaceae
Zone: 4 to 8
Native Range: Europe (including Great Britain)
Height: 1 to 3 feet
Spread: 1 to 3 feet
Bloom Time: May to September
Bloom Color: Blue, Lavender
Bloom Description: Deep lavender blue
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to medium
Maintenance: Low
Flowers: Showy Flowers
Leaves: Fragrant
Wildlife: Attracts Butterflies
Tolerates: Drought, Deer
Uses: Cut Flower

Culture

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tolerates very light shade. Also tolerates drought. Appreciates cool evenings.

Noteworthy Characteristics

This clump-forming salvia features numerous, dense, upright, spike-like racemes of tiny, two-lipped, deep lavender-blue flowers which rise above dull gray-green foliage to a height of 3'. Flowers bloom in early summer and may rebloom sporadically into late summer if faded flowers are promptly cut back. Excellent fresh cut flower. The foliage of this mint family member is slightly aromatic when crushed. Attractive to bees and butterflies.

Problems

No serious insect or disease problems. Susceptible to leaf spot and rust and sometimes visited by white fly and scale.

Garden Uses

Deep lavender-blue color provides excellent contrast in the perennial border. Very effective in combination with pink flowering plants such as roses, geraniums or peonies.

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