General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 6 inches
Plant Spread: 36 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Silver-gray
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Snowflake Sage
  • Salvia

Snowflake Sage (Salvia chionophylla) was a featured
Plant of the Day for April 7, 2016.
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Location:  Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-04-08
Zone 9b.

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 29, 2013 9:46 PM concerning plant:
    "Salvia chionophylla is a low-growing evergreen perennial native to a small area in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. First described in 1907 by Merritt Lyndon Fernald, it was only seen in horticulture beginning around 1996. It is a trailing plant that spreads by rooting at its nodes, producing more trailing stems, with small rounded dove-gray leaves about .5 in long, evenly spaced along the stem. The small blue flowers are less than .25 in long on short inflorescences with whorls of 2-6 flowers."

    Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

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