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Russian Sage

Russian Sage

PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia

Blooms Summer through Fall
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Ships as 4"
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Common Name(s)
Russian Sage
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs)
Perennial Zones
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
2'–4'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Bloom Season
Summer, Fall
Fruiting Season
Fall
Lifespan
Perennial
Growing Habit
Mounding, Clumping
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Purple, Blue
Foliage Color
Green, Silver
Stem Color
Green, Silver
Themes
Cool Blue, Pastel
Genus
Perovskia
Family
Lamiaceae
Ship Size
4"

Russian Sage floats airy lavender-blue panicles above finely cut silver-gray foliage — a live 4-inch plant of Perovskia atriplicifolia that builds into a two- to four-foot haze of color from summer into fall.

Nothing else does quite this job in a dry garden. It reads as a cloud rather than a clump, blurring the edges of gravel gardens, xeriscapes, cottage borders, and pollinator plantings, and it holds up in full sun on sharply drained soil with very little water once established. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds work the small two-lipped flowers all season while the aromatic leaves keep the plant decorative below the bloom. Wet soil is the one reliable way to lose it.

Fun fact: DNA settled an old argument here. Botanists have folded Perovskia into Salvia as Salvia yangii, so the plant everybody has always called Russian sage turns out to be a genuine sage after all.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Mature Size: 2'–4' tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial
  • Hardiness Zones: 4–9
  • Attracts: Bees & butterflies

Every plant leaves here established in its 4-inch pot, and it arrives healthy or we replace it free.