Blue Jean Baby Russian Sage Plant

That s why we like the compact habit of blue jean baby.

Blue jean baby russian sage plant.

Its late season flower spikes of lavender blue have purple calyxes that support and protect the blooms. Bees and butterflies will thank you. It is big in the eco friendly garden. Yep we re singing it too.

Shorter than regular russian sage this variety is still a vigorous and fragrant plant that attracts butterflies. Compact bushy mound with fragrant silver foliage. It s not so heavy and won t flop over. Gray green foliage has a piney sage like scent and contrasts perfectly with those pollinator attracting blooms and it s highly deer resistant.

Blue jean baby russian sage. Blue jean baby russian sage perovskia atriplicifolia blue jean baby plant patent applied for sku 42962 a shorter compact variety that is full and vigorous in the landscape with upright stems that resist flopping. The lovely delicate looking spikes are complemented by the attractive finely cut leaves and silvery stems. There s a lot of things going for russian sage the savvy gardener can benefit from.

Perovskia blooms on gray green aromatic foliage. It blooms from midsummer all the way into fall so it ll provide some late season food for your neighborhood s bees and butterflies. Blue jean baby is heat and drought tolerant and perfectly sized for most garden spaces. Blue jean baby one of the earliest perovskia to bloom is stunning when paired with rudbeckia and echinacea.

It tends to ward them off from munching too closely. Russian sage can sometimes lodge or split its long beautiful stems toppling over instead of standing tall in the garden bed.