Botanic Garden >> Gardening > >> Houseplants >> Plants for Details >> Salvias

Salvia azurea: Pitcher Sage with Sky-Blue Flowers

Salvia azurea, known as Pitcher Sage or Giant Blue Sage, is a tall, native perennial of the central US prairies. It produces spikes of sky-blue flowers in late summer to fall. The foliage is gray-green and narrow. It is a tough, drought-tolerant plant for naturalistic plantings.

Plant Details

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: azurea
Synonyms: Salvia acuminatissima, S. coriifolia, S. elata, S. pitcheri

Grow in full sun with well-drained soil. 'Pitcher Sage' is ideal for prairie restorations, meadows, and native plant gardens. It attracts bees and butterflies.

Salvias: Salvia elegans: Pineapple Sage with Fragrant Foliage and Red Flowers; Salvia officinalis: Common Sage, the Culinary Herb; Salvia argentea: Silver Sage with Dramatic Foliage; Salvia mexicana: Mexican Sage with Blue Flowers and Green Calyces; Salvia farinacea: Mealy Cup Sage, the Species with Blue Spikes; Salvia sclarea: Clary Sage with Large Bracts and Aromatic Foliage; Salvia viridis: Clary Sage with Colorful Bracts (Painted Sage); Crimson Sage (Salvia spathacea); Salvia nutans (Nodding Sage); Salvia staminea (Iranian Sage)

Garden Articles

Beach Sage (Salvia africana-lutea)

Dominican Sage (Salvia dominica)

West Indian Sage (Salvia occidentalis)

Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)

Texas Sage (Salvia texana)

Salvia merjamie (Minty Kilimanjaro Sage)

Salvia mexicana: The Towering Mexican Sage

Plants

Salvia coccinea: Scarlet Sage, a Self-Sowing Annual for Hummingbirds

Salvia chamaedryoides: Germander Sage with True Blue Flowers

Salvia ballotiflora: Shrubby Blue Sage for Dry Gardens

Pitcher Sage 'Grandiflora' (Salvia azurea var. grandiflora)

Blue Vine Sage (Salvia cacaliifolia)

Rose Leaf Sage (Salvia involucrata)

Blue Turkish Sage (Salvia cyanescens)