Identification
Genus: Salvia
Species: dorrii
Variety: None
Cultivar: None
Common name:
Desert Sage.
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Description
Salvia dorrii, Desert Sage is a beautiful shrub, sub-shrub 2-3ft. It has gray foliage and deep, deep blue flowers (bracts). Desert Sage needs perfect drainage (native on sand, volcanic rock to decomposed granite) and no water after established. Desert Sage is the sage of riders of the purple sage and is native to much of the western deserts. I have seen them in the wild above Bishop in a rainfall area of about 10 inches that got to -20 in dec. 1990, but it also occurs further south in more reasonable spots overlooking the desert. Common associated plants are Yucca brevifolia, Stanleya species, Juniper species, Haplopappus linearifolius, Cotton Thorn, Atriplex canescens, and Eriogonum polifolium.
Great in a dry desert garden with fast drying soils. It seems to have frozen out of here. Soil temperatures below 20 F. do in a number of desert/mountain species. It is very community oriented and will not work well in areas of conifer forests or oaks. I would try it in GRASS, CHAP,CSCR, or in the drier sections of the plains. Click here for more about California Sages
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