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Salvia barrelieri

Salvia barrelieri
Photo: karimhaddad, CC BY 4.0

Salvia barrelieri, known as Berber clary, is a perennial sage from southwest Spain and North Africa that grows 1 to 2 m tall with large grey-green leaves and tall spikes of lavender-blue flowers. It needs well-drained soil and full sun to thrive.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply then let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil; avoid heavy wet clay.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect below about -5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. Spain, NW. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Salvia barrelieri (Berber clary) is a perennial found in northern Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and southwestern Spain, usually between the elevations of 500–1200 meters. It grows 1–2 meters tall, with large, wavy, gray-green leaves. The inflorescence is a verticillaster (See Inflorescence) and can grow nearly one meter tall, with flowers of light lavender or sky blue blooming all at the same time.

Other Salvia plants

Turkish Black Sage · Wuyi Mountain Sage · Salvia adoxoides · Egyptian Sage · Orange Sage · Mediterranean sage · African Blue Sage · Salvia alatipetiolata · Cederberg Sage · Handsome Sage · Algerian Sage · Salvia amethystina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia barrelieri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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