Salvia brandegei

Identification

Salvia brandegei Brandegees Sage.
Island Black sage, Salvia brandegei flowers are sprays of blue. - grid24_3
Salvia brandegei, Island Black Sage
Salvia Brandegi, Island Black sage flowers are pinkish - grid24_3
Salvia brandegei, Brandegee's Sage is great for a butterfly garden
Salvia brandegei, Brandegees Sage. Island Black Sage - grid24_3
Salvia brandegei, Brandegees Sage
Salvia brandegei, Brandegees Sage, with a visiting Anthophora pacifica, Digger bee. Don't freak out. The little guys are great pollinators and the biggest buzzers. Digger bees seem to see humans as cows, an if you're polite, they avoid you. If you really provoke them you may bounce off of your head. I can't find any reports of stings, I've never been bothered, but I'm in awe of their intelligence and flying agility. They behave like a cattle dog. - grid24_3
Salvia brandegei, Brandegees Sage, with a visiting Anthophora pacifica.
Salvia brandegei with Penstemon spectablis - grid24_3
Salvia brandegei, Island Black Sage can make a mass of sage flowers.

Description

Brandegee's sage, named after an early American botanist, is a beautiful sage with shimmering, blue flowers. It is an evergreen shrub that grows to 3 feet tall. Brandegee's sage likes full sun, dry conditions and will grow in sandy or clay soil. It is a rare plant that is native to the canyons of Santa Rosa Island. It looks to be similar to Salvia mellifera but is heterostylous, with beautiful blue flowers and narrow, smaller leaves, with other minor leaf variations. Brandegee's sage can tolerate zero degrees Fahrenheit (low overnight temperature, for several hours). Like all sages Brandegee's sage is very fragrant. Brandegee's sage is a lovely contrast to yellow Encelia, and grows beautifully in a California-style garden with Penstemon heterophyllus, Penstemon centranthifolius, Isocoma menziesii, Eriophyllum stachaedifolium, Artemisia Montara', and Mimulus aurantiacus.

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Characteristics

Salvia brandegei Brandegees Sage tolerates sand and clay.
Salvia brandegei Brandegees Sage is great for a butterfly garden.
Salvia brandegei Brandegees Sage's foliage type is evergreen and has fragrance.
Salvia brandegei Brandegees Sage's flower color is blue and has a fragrance.

Communities

Communities for Salvia brandegei Brandegees Sage:Coastal Sage Scrub.

Ranges for Salvia brandegei

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 1.50
width[m]: 1.00 to 1.50
rainfall[cm]: 31.00 to 64.00

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