Common Name: Type: Family: Native Range: Zone: Height: Spread: Bloom Time: Bloom Description: Sun: Water: Suggested Use: |
Augusta Duelberg Salvia Perennial Lamiaceae 7a to 11 2 to 3 feet 2 to 3 feet Late spring to fall white full sun Drought-tolerant Attracts bees and butterflies |
Leave it to Texan Greg Grant to have nothing better to do on a summer day than wander through old graveyards, where he stumbled on a clump of Salvia farinacea gracing the Texas gravesite of Augusta Duelberg. The cuttings rooted and Salvia ‘Augusta Duelberg’ was born. This splendid selection of the Texas native Salvia farinacea makes a compact 30″ tall x 4′ wide specimen, topped from May until frost with hundreds of spikes of silvery-white flowers…attractive to hummingbirds. Obviously heat- and drought-tolerant, this native wildflower has been a real standout in our trials. |
Information on this page is from Missouri Botanical Gardens. or Dave’s Garden |