General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 2 - 3 feet
Plant Spread: 2 - 3 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Blue-gray
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Multi-Color: Lavender/white/purple
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Awards and Recognitions: Other: 2017 Plant Select Winner
Parentage: Salvia moorcroftiana x Salvia indica

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Common names
  • Sage
  • Salvia
Also sold as:
  • Shangri-La
  • Shangri La

'Shangri-la' was a featured
Plant of the Day for February 3, 2017.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Jan 22, 2017 9:35 PM concerning plant:
    The flowers of this new salvia are beautiful. A result of its parents, Salvia moorcroftiana x Salvia indica, it is a chance seedling found at Suncrest Nurseries in CA and is a Plant Select­® plant for 2017. The more I see the closeup of the flowers, the more I love it. I haven't read whether it is ok to grow in containers yet, but I hope it can be, because it doesn't seem to be rabbit resistant. I have a lot of wild rabbits in my yard year round and they would munch it down to the ground.
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