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Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Splendid Salvias—14 Tender Perennials for Summer and Fall Bloom
... you with fuzzy white flowers blushed with pale lilac-lavender and cupped in beautiful maroon-tinged calyces. The long, 12- to 20-inch-high flower spikes bloom steadily from midsummer until frost and ... until frost. Its large 1 1/2 inch-long royal-blue blossoms cupped by darker blue-purple calyces are magnets for hummingbirds. Everything about the plant is big, bold, and beautiful, including its ...
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Floridata: Salvia guaranitica
... e-mail this page Blue anise sage is available in a range of shades from saphire to dark purple - this is 'Argentina Skies'. Click to download a large (800x600) version. Description Blue anise sage is a semi- ... Black and Blue', a larger selection, to 6 ft (1.8 m) tall, with deep blue flowers and dark purple calyces (the part of the flower that encloses the base of the petals); and 'Purple Splendour', ...
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Floridata: Salvia leucantha
... also be rooted. This variety of Mexican bush sage has white flowers that contrast beautifully with the purple calyces. Usage Give Mexican bush sage plenty of room. It grows and grows all summer long - ... suitable for use as a cut flower. It may also be used in everlasting arrangements as the calyces retain their color after drying. The butterflies that seem to materialize out of the blue in autumn ...
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September, 1999
... 2000. The leaves and blossoms can be used in cooking. Plant it next to the all purple flowering variety of Salvia leucantha "Midnight" for a spectacular autumn show. Salvia leucantha, or Mexican bush sage, commonly is found with white blossoms surrounded by purple calyces, but "Midnight" features both calyces and blossoms of deep purple. Be sure to give young plants plenty of water to ...
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Abutilon - Achimenes -- Plant Delights Nursery Catalog Page 1
... the tropical-looking clumps are topped with 6' tall spikes of white flowers surrounded by wonderful purple calyces... absolutely superb, and soon to be an industry standard! Pot size: 24 fl. oz ( ... in our trials. Emerging in June, the fuzzy red stems are adorned with equally fuzzy bronze-purple leaves. Starting in early September and continuing until frost, the slowly spreading clumps are topped with ...
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Acanthus mollis - BEAR'S BREECHES - Rainyside.com
... .5 m). Width: 36 inches (90 cm). Flowering period Midsummer to late summer. Flowering attributes White flowers are surrounded by purple calyces on three foot tall spikes. Leaf attributes Deep green, deeply lobed, shiny leaves, some up to three feet long. Growth habit Clump-forming. Culture Light Full sun or partial shade. Soil Humus rich, moist, well-drained ...
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Acanthus 'Summer Beauty' - BEAR'S BREECHES - Rainyside.com
... little frog-like creature is hiding under a hood (calyx) and holding up a white hanky. The purple calyx really sets off the white flowers and the 6 feet tall flower spike makes quite a ... . Width: 4 - 6 feet (1.2 - 2 m). Flowering period Midsummer to late summer. Flowering attributes Purple calyces on six-foot tall spikes surround white flowers. Leaf attributes Deep green, shiny foliage with deeper ...
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Willow Pond Farm: Some Thoughts on Salvias
... does best in partial shade. An outstanding hybrid between S. guaranitica and S. gesneraeflora is 'Purple Majesty'. Its five-foot-long stems bear ten inch inflorescences covered with large violet flowers ... another tall hybrid, believed between S. farinacea and S. longispicata. It produces violet flowers with purple calyces all summer. Mexican Bush Sage, S. leucantha, is one of the most commonly grown ...
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PULMONARIA
... and having greenish to whitish spots. Plants blooming in early spring with violet flowers turning purple with age. Plants 5-13 inches in height. Zones? 6-8. Pulmonaria in the landscape: ... ' PPAF = Roundish leaves are silver splattered with nice upright magenta then coral with ruby - red calyces. Choice. 14" tall. Pulmonaria 'White Wings' = Large silver spotted leaves and pure white flowers, long ...
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Native Plants of Ohio, Bulletin 865, Medium Height Plants (4"-36") (All plants are perennial unless otherwise noted in "features.")
... ; adapts to sun or shade. Best in humusy soil. Large masses of star-shaped flowers; red calyces persist after flowers drop. Tolerates dry soils, but does best in moist, shaded areas. Bright ... ; spreads slowly. Do not disturb in the wild. *(bd) Handsome, deep green foliage mottled with purple persists into early winter. Best in humusy soils with good drainage. Availability trade specialty dealers ...
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