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Salvia argentea - SILVER SAGE
Quick Plant Facts
Light: Full sun
Moisture: Average to dry
Zones: 3–9
Height: 2.5 feet
Width: 3 feet
Pot size: 3.5" x 5" deep pot
Product Code:
SAL-ARG
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Short-lived perennial or biennial. Value by ones for it's fuzzy silver leaves, and for larger white flowers by others.
Deadheading prolongs it's life. Persist by self seeding (it's good to intentionally sprinkle the seeds too).
Drought tolerant, but dislikes humid summers south of zone 7a.
Blooming Time: June-July
Size: usually 2' tall x 1.5' wide
USDA Zones: 5 to 7/8
Culture: full sun, drained soils (with some gritty component like sand, gravel, rocks). Loose soils, average soils.
Moisture Needs: average (medium), medium-dry to dry
Origin: Southern Europe to Northern Africa
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: butterflies / honeybees, native bees, bumblebees
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: 3.5" wide x 4" deep pot
Plant Combinations: Best in sunny garden, herb garden, white garden (moon garden), pollinator garden, dry garden. Combine with Agastache, Amsonia, Asclepias tuberosa, shorter Aster, Coreopsis, narrow-leaf Echinacea and hybrids, Euphorbia, bearded Iris, Kalimeris, Monarda bradburiana, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Penstemon, Perovskia, Creeping Phlox, narrow-leaf Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Stokesia, Tradescantia, Veronica, etc. and shorter to medium-sized ornamental grasses (Festuca, Koeleria, Muhlenbergia, Pennisetum, Schizachyrium, Sporobolus, short Panicum).
Picture copyright: 1 - Salicyna, Wikimedia Commons, 2 - Wouter Hagens, Wikimedia Commons
Salvia argentea - SILVER SAGE
$7.99
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Short-lived perennial or biennial. Value by ones for it's fuzzy silver leaves, and for larger white flowers by others.
Deadheading prolongs it's life. Persist by self seeding (it's good to intentionally sprinkle the seeds too).
Drought tolerant, but dislikes humid summers south of zone 7a.
Blooming Time: June-July
Size: usually 2' tall x 1.5' wide
USDA Zones: 5 to 7/8
Culture: full sun, drained soils (with some gritty component like sand, gravel, rocks). Loose soils, average soils.
Moisture Needs: average (medium), medium-dry to dry
Origin: Southern Europe to Northern Africa
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: butterflies / honeybees, native bees, bumblebees
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: 3.5" wide x 4" deep pot
Plant Combinations: Best in sunny garden, herb garden, white garden (moon garden), pollinator garden, dry garden. Combine with Agastache, Amsonia, Asclepias tuberosa, shorter Aster, Coreopsis, narrow-leaf Echinacea and hybrids, Euphorbia, bearded Iris, Kalimeris, Monarda bradburiana, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Penstemon, Perovskia, Creeping Phlox, narrow-leaf Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Stokesia, Tradescantia, Veronica, etc. and shorter to medium-sized ornamental grasses (Festuca, Koeleria, Muhlenbergia, Pennisetum, Schizachyrium, Sporobolus, short Panicum).
Picture copyright: 1 - Salicyna, Wikimedia Commons, 2 - Wouter Hagens, Wikimedia Commons
