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Salvia bulleyana

Salvia bulleyana
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0

Salvia bulleyana is a perennial sage from the mountains of Yunnan, China, grown for its spikes of purple-blue flowers. It is often confused with the yellow-flowered Salvia flava in the nursery trade.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile soil or gritty garden loam.
Temperature
15–25 °C; hardy to about -10 °C with good drainage.
How easy
Easy
Native range
China (Yunnan)
Climate
subtropical

About

Salvia bulleyana is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, growing on hillsides at 2,100 to 3,400 m (6,900 to 11,200 ft) elevation. S. bulleyana grows on a few branched stems with ovate to ovate-triangular leaves.

Inflorescences are 4 flowered verticillasters in loose racemes or panicles that are 15 to 30 cm (5.9 to 11.8 in), with a purple-blue corolla that is 2 cm (0.79 in).

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 bulleyana 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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