This is my favorite tender sage. Nice, fuzzy grey leaves, shaped like willow leaves, on plants that gradually gain stature as the summer goes on. Not a gorgeous plant, but presentable, which is more than you can say for most of its cousins. By October it's grown to a substantial little shrub and every twig extends an arching raceme of fuzzy purple bracts. On some plants the petals that project from the bracts are violet, on others white. The arc of the flower stems reminds me of bleeding heart, another plant I love.
This sage is hardy in California, but the plants are unwieldy after a couple years. They are best in their first fall, so it's to our advantage that we have to replant every spring.
Full sun and lean living are best. It can get sloppy with too much shade and nourishment.
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