Description
It is an herbaceous perennial, blooming from midsummer to autumn with many pure gentian-blue flowers, about .5 inches long, with small green calyces. The leaves are grass-green in color with many hairs. The creeping rootstock spreads easily, forming clumps that are easily divided.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Read more about this topic: Salvia Cacaliifolia
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