Unplugged® So Blue™ Mealycup Sage Salvia farinacea

4.25” Pot

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Exposure

• Part Sun to Sun

Flower Season

• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

Mature Size

Height: 14" - 2'

Spread: 12" - 16"

Plant is not sold online. 

• DETAILS

  FEATURES

  True blue flowers on mid-sized plants that love heat, don't mind humidity and will bloom non-stop for months. A good sized plant, but not too large. It is right-sized for containers and good for use in landscapes as well.

  Award Winner

  Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer

  Long Blooming

  Fall Interest

  Heat Tolerant

  Deadheading Not Necessary

  Drought Tolerant

  Attracts: 

  Bees

  Butterflies

  Hummingbirds

  Resists: 

  Deer

  CHARACTERISTICS

  Plant Type: 

  Annual

  Height Category: 

  Medium

  Garden Height: 

  14 - 24 Inches36cm - 61cm

  Spacing: 

  10 - 14 Inches 25cm - 36cm

  Spread: 

  12 - 16 Inches 30cm - 41cm

  Flower Colors: 

  Blue

  Flower Shade: 

  True Blue

  Foliage Colors: 

  Green

  Foliage Shade: 

  Silvery Green

  Habit: 

  Upright

  Container Role: 

  Thriller

  PLANT NEEDS

  Light Requirement: 

  Part Sun to Sun

  The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

  Maintenance Category: 

  Easy

  Bloom Time: 

  Planting To Hard Frost

  Hardiness Zones: 

  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b

  Water Category: 

  Average

  Soil Fertility Requirement: 

  Average Soil

  Poor Soil

  Uses: 

  Border Plant

  Container

  Landscape

  Mass Planting

  Uses Notes: 

  A great plant for attracting pollinators.  It works equally well in landscapes and containers and blooms for weeks on end.

  Maintenance Notes: 

  This is a wonderful annual Salvia (except in frost free zones), compact and richly colored, it is easy and trouble free. It will just bloom, and bloom and bloom all season without stopping.

  You can easily trim to keep the shape or size where you want it, and it will branch out and become even thicker and more full of flowers. Although that should not be necessary.

  Regular watering and fertilizing will keep the plant at maximum color and growth but it is amazingly tough and once established in a pot or the garden will tolerate lower levels of food and water. However, severe drought will cause lower leaves to drop and if this happens give it a quick haircut removing the upper 1/3 of growth and once it back to normal watering it will fill back in.

  It is a big attractor of bees! They love the sweet nectar in the flowers, so place it accordingly; a bit farther from seating areas if bees are a concern. It is always great to have a plant that will support our native bees!!

  Unplugged^® So Blue^™ Salvia farinacea 'G14251' USPP 32,695, Can 6,537

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