General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24 inches
Plant Spread: 24 - 30 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fragrant
Other: Silver/gray; Rubbery
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Other: Rose-pink bracts
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Provides winter interest
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PPAF

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Common names
  • Giant Purple Sage
  • Salvia

'Blue Flame' was a featured
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Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 2022-05-24
First bloom just beginning to open
Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 2022-05-24
Pungent scent of resinous camphor; slightly sticky
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2020-09-16
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2013-09-06

Date: 2016-06-24

Date: 2016-06-24
Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Jun 24, 2016 12:08 AM concerning plant:
    Giant Purple Sage (Salvia pachyphylla 'Blue Flame') is a High Country Gardens introduction.
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Mar 31, 2013 2:47 AM concerning plant:
    Salvia pachyphylla 'Blue Flame' is a 2008 introduction from High Country Gardens.

    In 2008, I got a pot of 'Blue Flame' and tried growing it in one of my xeric flowerbeds, but it died not too long after planting and I haven't grown it since.

    edited on Sept. 6, 2013.... I got a plant this year from Flowers By The Sea, it's growing and blooming.

    edited in June 2015..... It only bloomed during the growing season of 2013 and sadly, didn't grow and bloom in 2014.

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