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<strong>Common</strong> <strong>Name</strong>: Mexican Bush Sage<br />
<strong>Botanical</strong> <strong>name</strong>: Salvia Leucantha<br />
Plant Type: Perennial<br />
Light Requirement: Sun<br />
Water Requirement: Low<br />
Heat/Drought Tolerance: High<br />
Height: 2 – 4 ft tall<br />
Width/Spacing: 2-4 ft wide<br />
Flower Color: Purple<br />
Blooming Period: Late summer<br />
Plant Form or Habit: Lose spreading<br />
mound<br />
Foliage Color and Texture: Grayish<br />
green<br />
Butterfly or bird attracter: Attracts butterflies, insects<br />
Deer Resistant:<br />
Plant Use: Or<strong>name</strong>ntal, cut flowers<br />
Mexican bush sage, with its graceful arching stems and soft downy foliage, is a favorite salvias. The fuzzy<br />
purple calyces are the main show, and these persist even after the actual flowers have fallen off, making<br />
Mexican bush sage one of the few salvias suitable for use as a cut flower. It may also be used in<br />
everlasting arrangements as the calyces retain their color after drying. The butterflies that seem to<br />
materialize out of the blue in autumn are drawn like magnets to this and other late blooming salvias.<br />
Full sun is best, but Mexican bush sage can tolerate afternoon shade; it may tend to get leggy and top<br />
heavy, however, if it has to reach for the sun. Mexican bush sage can tolerate some drought - better than<br />
most salvias. USDA Zones 8 - 10. Mexican bush sage is sometimes grown as an annual. It needs a long<br />
season to grow and doesn't start blooming until very late summer or even into autumn.<br />
Mexican bush sage is easy to propagate from root cuttings and stems that have rooted where they touch<br />
the ground. Ordinary stem cuttings can also be rooted.<br />
Give Mexican bush sage plenty of room. It grows and grows all summer long - and the foliage is attractive<br />
- but the real show doesn't start until autumn. As it flowers, the plant spreads outward and is subject to fall<br />
over and break off stems. Remove flower clusters as they age to reduce the weight on the stems. It might<br />
be a good idea to prune back your Mexican bush sage in early summer to promote a bushier habit and to<br />
keep it from getting so top heavy that stems break off.<br />
Source of data: http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=15935<br />
http://www.floridata.com/ref/s/salv_leu.cfm<br />
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