Plant in full sun in a fairly well-draining soil 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. It is cold hardy to at least 15° F (Las Pilitas Nursery notes that the species can tolerate temperatures down to 0° F). To keep a dense and a more attractive plant, cut back in the winter by about a third or more when young - once mature with woody stems, only tip prune.

Salvia brandegei 'Pacific Blue' was introduced by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in 2004 and 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, then Director of Horticulture and the living collection at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has speculated that if it hybridized the other parent might be Salvia munzii. What ever its parentage, this plant was very nice but it unfortunately did not sell well for us and we discontinued production in 2013.

More information on this plant can be found on the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's Salvia brandegei 'Pacific Blue' Page. 

The information displayed on this page about Salvia brandegeei 'Pacific Blue' is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.