Anyone know this Perrenial? Clickable thumbnails

Dawn419

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Flowers...



Leaves and stem...





The whole plant...



The stems/stalks are square and a bit hairy/fuzzy and it resseds itself each year. The flowers aren't scented, neither is the foliage. The bees and humminbirds love it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Dawn
 

patandchickens

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It's one of the blue ornamental sages, most but not all of which are perennials. If you want to try to figure out exactly which one I could go on a comparing-to-book-photos expedition, or you could try that yourself by googling "blue sage" or something like that.

Hope this helps,

Pat, quite fond of perennial blue sages - pretty, bloom all summer with just a wee bit of deadheading occasionally, don't need watering, and you can't kill 'em with a stick :)
 

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I was going to say Russian Sage also. I want one of these!!! The local floral/gift shop had some outside their place last year that were about 3 ft. high and absolutely LOVELY!
 

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Nope, it's not Russian Sage, which is an entirely different plant. And has lighter purplish flowers, and greyish finely-dissected leaves. Nice plant too, but this isnt it :)

Pat
 

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Thanks Pat!

That's just what I needed to get a search started! :D


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Specifically that looks like a form of Salvia nemorosa, meadow or field sage. They reseed readily, bloom for a long period of time if deadheaded, and are generally a delightful addition to the garden. More about them here.
 

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It looks like some form of delphenium...........
 

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