Welcome Leslieray!
Happy to have you as an ATP member!
Welcome to the Agastache and Salvias forum! I hope you'll visit this forum also!
According to the Missouri Botanical Garden website: "Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (formerly known as Salvia azurea ssp. pitcheri or S. pitcheri)..."
http://www.missouribotanicalga...
Pitcher Sage is the common name for Salvia azurea.
These are the Salvia azurea varieties that are in the ATP database...
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
I have the 'Nekan' variety, but I don't know what the variety is in your second pic. Hopefully,
@FBTS will chime in. He and his wife specialize in Salvias that they sell to the public. Wonderful place to buy their plants!
http://www.fbts.com/