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Products > Salvia brandegei 'Pacific Blue'
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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (Mints) |
| Origin: Channel Islands (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Blue |
| Bloomtime: Spring |
| Height: 4-6 feet |
| Width: 4-6 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Drought Tolerant: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 10-15° F |
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Salvia brandegei 'Pacific Blue' (Santa Rosa Island Sage) - Salvia brandegei comes from the Channel Islands off the California Coast and northern Baja California. It is a vigorous heavily-branched shrub that can grow 4 to 6 feet in height. The narrow dark green leaves have a wrinkled texture on top and are finely covered with white hairs underneath. The flowers, forming on tiered whorls, are typically a light lavender color but this selection from the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens has dark lavender blue flowers. Plant in full sun and give little irrigation; it is very drought tolerant once established. Salvia brandegei tolerates a wide range of soils and is a durable long lived plant in the garden. Hardy to at least 15° F (Las Pilitas Nursery notes that the species can tolerate temperatures down to 0° F) This plant, introduced by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in 2004, was selected from self sowed seedlings discovered in the garden near a Salvia brandegei collected from Santa Rosa Island. It is possibly a hybrid with another native salvia; Carol Bornstein, Director of the living collection at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has speculated that the other parent might be Salvia munzii. What ever its parentage, this plant is a real winner.
The description above is based on our research and observations of this plant growing in our nursery and in our own and other Santa Barbara gardens. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has additional information or disagrees with what we have written.
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