On Gardening:
Rockin’ Playin’ the Blues Salvia all about bees, birds and butterflies By Norman Winter There is not a gardener I meet that doesn’t crave plants that are all about blooms, birds and butterflies. Shoot, add bees to it and you would have a surefire award winner. The Dallas Arboretum has one of the superior plant trials in the country, and they gave the award for most Pollinator Friendly Perennial to Rockin’ Playin’ the Blues salvia. I really love that award for another reason, that Proven Winners calls it an annual. Well, they are right to a point, but in zones 7b and warmer, in soil that drains well, Rockin’ Playin’ the Blues has indeed become a stalwart perennial. It is at The Garden Guy’s in zone 8a Georgia and it obviously was in Dallas.
BLUE SALVIA
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(left) Rockin’ Playn’ the Blues salvia also brings in an assortment of bees. (above) This Eastern Tiger Swallowtail looks ever so picturesque among the tall spires of Rockin’ Playin’ the Blues salvia. Photos courtesy Norman Winter/TNS
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SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS REAL ESTATE
SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 2022
