Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia

Salvia

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Overview

The Salvia Blue Suede Shoes™ is an upright Proven Winners® annual with crisp blue flowers and dramatic black calyces above deep green foliage. It matures 30-40 inches tall and 24-30 inches wide, blooming from planting to frost. Grow in part sun to full sun with average, well-drained soil and moderate water; it attracts hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies while resisting deer. Hardy in USDA Zones 9-11.

Water Medium

Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia — It matures 30-40 inches tall and 24-30 inches wide, blooming from planting to frost

Culture

Water: Medium

Shape & size

Mature height: 2.5–3.3333333 Ft.
Mature width: 2–2.5 Ft.

Classification

Family: Lamiaceae

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Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia — It is not fussy about fertility and can manage in leaner soils once established; with hummingbirds visiting eagerly and bees

Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia — and contemporary massings where its blue-and-black floral detail can be repeated for rhythm; with hummingbirds visiting eagerly and

Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia — Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia is a beautiful vertical element for sunny borders; sterile and free-flowering

Blue Suede Shoes™ Salvia — it makes an excellent thriller; rising above trailing companions and softer fillers with a relaxed

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