Salvia chamaedryoides Sun to Part Sun Inheriting the silvery leaf backs

Inheriting the silvery leaf backs from B

Mixing small gravel or Permatill into the soil helps tremendously

lavender-blue flowers

if you use the poor quality key in Flora of China

when very little other than yellow composites are usually in flower

Salvia chamaedryoides Sun to Part Sun Inheriting the silvery leaf backsFrom Mexico comes this small, drought tolerant, grey leaved salvia, forming a nice mass to 18" tall x 3' wide. The upright branches of Salvia chamaedryoides are topped with true sky blue flowers (really, really BLUE) from early summer through early fall. Blue oak sage prefers a very well drained site in the border or rock garden. Salvia chamaedryoides is truly one of our favorite plants we would not garden without. Maintenance: Salvia chamaedryoides