Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Size: #1
3-4 feet high x 3-4 feet wide
Zone 4
Full Sun
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This vase shaped 3 to 4 foot accent plant makes a vivid statement behind xeric perennials or in the middle of a stand of plants! Blue-violet flower spikes top silvery gray foliage in late summer through hard freeze. This high desert native of Afghanistan thrives in lean soil on hot windy sites and has proven itself reliable on Wyoming’s high plains as well. Deer don’t touch it!
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Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these. These plants are adapted to intermittent deep
watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care. These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that
they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant
death. About sizes of our plants:
Sizes indicated with a # are roughly the equivalent in gallonage; so a #2 is about a 2 gallon pot size; b&b stands for balled and burlapped.