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Lyrical™ Blues Meadow Sage

Salvia x nemerosa 'Balyriclu' Plant Patent #22,919

Sku #30223

Hardy perennial sage, with sturdy mounding foliage. Upright spikes of dark burgundy buds open to deep, violet blue flowers over a long season. More compact than 'May Night', with richer flower color. Excellent heat tolerance. Reblooms readily to delight butterflies and hummingbirds. Nice in containers, or massed in a border.

  • Light Needs
    Full sun

    Light Needs

  • Water Needs
    Water regularly in extreme heat; less often, once established.
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Key Feature
Vivid Flower Spikes
Light Needs
Full sun
Landscape Uses
Border, Container, Cutting Garden, Edging, Wildlife Garden
Watering Needs:Water regularly in extreme heat; less often, once established.
Botanical Pronunciation:SAL-vee-uh nem-or-OH-suh
Plant type:Perennial
Deciduous/evergreen:Herbaceous
Growth habit:Mounding, Rounded
Growth rate:Fast
Average landscape size:Reaches 22 to 24 in. tall and wide.
Special features:Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Compact Form, Easy Care, Fast Growing, Waterwise
Foliage color:Gray-green
Blooms:Late Spring to Early Summer
Flower color:Violet-blue
Flower attributesFlowers for Cutting, Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers
Garden styleCottage, Rustic
Patent Act:Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent.
Companion PlantsBlanket Flower (Gaillardia); Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia); Coneflower (Echinacea); Blue Fescue (Festuca); Shasta Daisy (Chrysanthemum)
Care
Care Information
Thrives in average, well-drained soils. Tolerates mild drought when established; supplement in extreme heat. Feed monthly during growing season. Shear spent flowers to encourage continued bloom. Cut back at end of flowering.
History & Lore
History:
From a breeding program in Elburn, Illinois, focused on developing new Salvia cultivars having distinctive flower color with mounded growth habit. Parentage: a proprietary Salvia x hybrida breeding selection as female parent and one of several proprietary Salvia nemorosa breeding selections as male (pollen) parent. This new cultivar was discovered and selected as a single flowering plant within the progeny, found to have deeper flower color, burgundy bract color, and a more mounded growth habit than that of Salvia 'May Night'. U.S. Plant Patent #22,919 was issued in July, 2012.
Lore:
The genus name Salvia comes from the Latin word salveo meaning to save or heal, in reference to the curative properties attributed to some plants in this genus. The hybrid name of sylvestris comes from Latin meaning of or pertaining to forest or wood.
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This Plant's Growing Zones: 4 - 9

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