Is it really a pest people? I love the looks of it but don't like it when they propagate like that so may rethink this one...I planted a...Read More lambs ear - still paying for it, thing is almost worse than an alyssum.
This plant was bought from High Country Gardens about 10 years ago It gets direct light in the summer until late afternoon. It is in a w...Read Morealled garden that faces East. It has gottnen bigger each year and the flower display is wonderful.
It's not my yard, but I spend a lot of time in this garden.
Colorado Springs, CO (Zone 6a) | July 2009 | neutral
Recommended by PlantSelect in 2005 as a shrubby xeriscape perennial-
From their website, "The purpose of Plant Select is to seek ...Read Moreout, identify and distribute the very best plants for landscapes and gardens from the intermountain region to the high plains."
Very nice plant but hates to be watered. I had 2 and one died during the winter because I forgot to drill drainage holes in the pot. Th...Read Moreis has got to be the only plant that looks nice with dead flowers on it.
I like this plant. It's big and showy and the bees love it. It requires only an occasional deep watering (it's common name is Mojave Sag...Read Moree). Haven't had a problem with reseeding, but I mulch heavily.
Santa Fe Greenhouse - aka High Country Gardens - does offer it for sale. 2 varities, in fact. I just planted the new Blue Flame.
Outstanding flowers and attractive large fuzzy silver leaves. However, I've given this plant a Neutral rating because it's almost a nuisa...Read Morence in our gardens, self seeding everywhere.
Edited July, 2007 - This plant was sold to me as S. pachyphylla, however it appears that it is actually Salvia sclarea.
This plant grows in the demonstration xeriscape garden at Santa Fe Greenhouse of mail-order company High Country Gardens in Santa Fe, NM....Read More They do not, however, offer it for sale.
Is it really a pest people? I love the looks of it but don't like it when they propagate like that so may rethink this one...I planted a...Read More
This plant was bought from High Country Gardens about 10 years ago It gets direct light in the summer until late afternoon. It is in a w...Read More
The foliage on Salvia pachyphylla is very fragrant.
Recommended by PlantSelect in 2005 as a shrubby xeriscape perennial-
From their website, "The purpose of Plant Select is to seek ...Read More
Very nice plant but hates to be watered. I had 2 and one died during the winter because I forgot to drill drainage holes in the pot. Th...Read More
I like this plant. It's big and showy and the bees love it. It requires only an occasional deep watering (it's common name is Mojave Sag...Read More
Outstanding flowers and attractive large fuzzy silver leaves. However, I've given this plant a Neutral rating because it's almost a nuisa...Read More
This plant grows in the demonstration xeriscape garden at Santa Fe Greenhouse of mail-order company High Country Gardens in Santa Fe, NM....Read More