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Salvia guaranitica 'Costa Rica Blue': Anise Sage with Large Blue Flowers

Salvia guaranitica 'Costa Rica Blue' is a robust selection of Anise-Scented Sage with larger, deep blue flowers and a more vigorous habit. The foliage is green and anise-scented. It blooms from summer to fall and is a hummingbird magnet.

Plant Details

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: guaranitica
Cultivar: 'Costa Rica Blue'

Plant in full sun to partial shade with rich, moist soil. 'Costa Rica Blue' is a larger, more floriferous form of the species.

Salvias: Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue': Striking Blue Flowers with Black Calyces; Salvia guaranitica: Anise-Scented Sage with Blue Flowers; Blue Anise Sage 'Sapphire Blue' (Salvia guaranitica 'Sapphire Blue'); Blue Anise Sage 'Argentine Skies' (Salvia guaranitica 'Argentine Skies'); Blue Anise Sage 'Blue Enigma' (Salvia guaranitica 'Blue Enigma'); Blue Turkish Sage (Salvia cyanescens); Sage 'Blue Chiquita' (Salvia 'Blue Chiquita'); Blue Anise Sage 'Van Remsen' (Salvia guaranitica 'Van Remsen'); Scarlet Sage 'Blue Ribbons' (Salvia splendens 'Blue Ribbons'); Salvia splendens 'Hotline Blue' (Scarlet Sage)

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