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African Sky Salvia

African Sky Salvia

SALVIA 'African Sky'

  • Full Sun (6+ hrs) and Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • High drought resistance
  • Attracts bees and Attracts butterflies
  • Ships as a 4"plant
  • Mature spread is Over 24"
  • Round, Mounding, Bushy, and Clumping
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African Sky Salvia (Salvia chamelaeagnea x S. scabra 'African Sky') is an elegant, free-flowering perennial salvia producing a continuous succession of graceful pale sky-blue flower spikes with a distinctive darker blue hood above a mound of aromatic, finely textured grey-green foliage — a soft, luminous color combination that evokes the serene clarity of a clear African sky and brings a refined, airy quality to mixed perennial borders, cottage gardens, and Mediterranean-style organic landscapes. This outstanding hybrid combines the prolific blooming habit of Salvia scabra with the refined foliage and cold hardiness of Salvia chamelaeagnea, delivering a remarkably long and generous bloom season with excellent heat and drought tolerance once established.

Grown from certified organic heritage stock, each plant arrives with a Professional Grade root system — dense, fibrous, and fully established for vigorous first-season performance. African Sky thrives in full sun with excellent drainage and is highly drought tolerant once established, excelling in water-wise, Mediterranean-style, fire-resistant, and low-maintenance organic landscape applications. Its soft sky-blue flower spikes, aromatic foliage, and long, generous bloom season make it an outstanding choice for mixed perennial borders, pollinator gardens, native-style plantings, and mixed container arrangements where refined, cool-blue flower color and reliable, low-maintenance performance are equally valued throughout the growing season.

  • Soft Luminous Sky-Blue Flower Spikes — Delicate pale sky-blue flowers with a distinctive darker blue hood create a soft, airy, luminous color display that brings refined, cool-blue elegance to mixed perennial borders, cottage gardens, and Mediterranean-style landscape plantings.
  • Exceptionally Long Bloom Season — Produces a continuous succession of graceful sky-blue flower spikes over one of the longest bloom seasons of any perennial salvia, flowering generously from late spring through fall with minimal deadheading required.
  • Drought Tolerant & Water-Wise — Highly drought resistant once established, thriving with minimal supplemental irrigation in water-wise, xeriscape, fire-resistant, and California-friendly low-water organic landscape and garden applications.
  • Premier Bee & Pollinator Salvia — Sky-blue flower spikes are exceptional attractors for honeybees, bumblebees, native bees, hummingbirds, and beneficial insects throughout the remarkably long bloom season from late spring through fall.
  • Heat Tolerant Reliable Perennial — Hybrid genetics combining S. chamelaeagnea and S. scabra deliver exceptional heat tolerance and reliable perennial performance across a wide range of warm-climate garden and landscape conditions throughout the season.

These 4" healthy live plants thrive in full sun (6–8 hours daily) with excellent drainage — plant in well-drained soil and water moderately until established, after which minimal supplemental irrigation is needed. Hardy in USDA zones 8–11, growing 24–36" tall with a spread of 24–36". Pale sky-blue flower spikes with darker blue hoods bloom late spring through fall (May–November); trim lightly after each bloom flush to encourage vigorous reblooming and maintain a tidy, attractive form throughout the extended season.

We use expedited shipping policies to protect plant health and minimize plant stress in transit.  All plants are in transit for only 1-3 days. (This does not guarantee 3-day delivery as orders are not always packed and sent out on the day of your order.) We send out deliveries on a weekly schedule to ensure quick transit times, so your order may not be packaged and shipped until later in the week. For instance, we may hold shipments to avoid weekend delays that keep plants in transit for longer.

All packaging includes eco-friendly material and our shipping methods are tested regularly to ensure plants arrive healthy upon arrival.

Additionally, any delays or damages in shipping are covered by our Healthy Plant Guarantee.

If you're plants arrived damaged, we will happily replace them for free!

Please contact us, send a picture, and detail any damage, so that we can continue to improve our shipping process and make sure you receive the healthy plants you paid for.

Mature Height is 2'–4'

Mature Spread is Over 24"

Watering: Keep moist

Blooms in:

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall

Special Features:

  • Cut flowers