Russian Sage

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Sku #6421

Tall, airy, spike-like clusters create a lavender-blue cloud of color above the finely textured, aromatic foliage. This vigorous, hardy, heat-loving and drought tolerant plant resists deer and pests. A superb companion for perennials, succulents and ornamental grasses. Deciduous.

Light Needs

Full sun

Light Needs
Water Needs

Once established, water occasionally; more in extreme heat or containers.
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Key Feature

Showy Summer Flowers

Light Needs

Full sun

Landscape Uses

Border, Container, Cutting Garden, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Hillside, Mass Planting, Rock Garden

Watering Needs:Once established, water occasionally; more in extreme heat or containers.

Botanical Pronunciation:pe-ROF-ski-a a-tri-pli-si-FO-li-a

Plant type:Perennial

Deciduous/evergreen:Deciduous

Sunset climate zones:3 - 24, 28 - 35, 37, 39

Growth rate:Moderate

Average landscape size:Moderate growing; reaches 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.

Special features:Easy Care, Fast Growing, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, Waterwise

Foliage color:Gray-green

Blooms:Summer

Flower color:Purple

Flower attributesFlowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers

Garden styleCottage, Mediterranean, Rustic, Xeric

Design IdeasAlthough 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. 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.

Companion PlantsConeflower (Echinacea); Butterfly Bush (Buddleja); Milkweed (Asclepias); Bee Balm (Monarda); Aster (Aster)

Care

Care Information

Easily grown in average to lean, fast-draining soils. Avoid wet, poorly drained soils. Water deeply, regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system; once established, reduce frequency. Fertilize in early spring and prune to within several inches above the ground to promote dense growth and heavy bloom.Pruning time: early spring.

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