Blue Jean Baby Russian Sage Plant

Perovskia blooms on gray green aromatic foliage.

Blue jean baby russian sage plant.

Yep we re singing it too. We like its sage like herbal perfume but deer aren t big on the scent. Compact bushy mound with fragrant silver foliage. Its late season flower spikes of lavender blue have purple calyxes that support and protect the blooms.

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 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. It is big in the eco friendly garden. Perovskia atriplicifolia commonly called russian sage is a woody based perennial of the mint family which typically grows 2 4 less frequently to 5 tall and features finely dissected aromatic when crushed gray green leaves on stiff upright square stems and whorls of two lipped tubular light blue flowers tiered in branched terminal panicles 12 15 high.

Blue jean baby one of the earliest perovskia to bloom is stunning when paired with rudbeckia and echinacea. The lovely delicate looking spikes are complemented by the attractive finely cut leaves and silvery stems. It tends to ward them off from munching too closely. Bees and butterflies will thank you.

Gray green foliage has a piney sage like scent and contrasts perfectly with those pollinator attracting blooms and it s highly deer resistant. It s not so heavy and won t flop over. Blue jean baby is heat and drought tolerant and perfectly sized for most garden spaces. Russian sage can sometimes lodge or split its long beautiful stems toppling over instead of standing tall in the garden bed.

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