African Sky Salvia

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.