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Salvia wardii
Salvia wardii is a hardy perennial sage from high alpine grasslands in Tibet, grown for its blue flowers and mounding habit. The key to growing it is cold tolerance and sharp drainage, as it is adapted to cool, dry, high-altitude conditions.
Salvia wardii (Tibetan sage) is a perennial plant that is native to Tibet, found growing in alpine grasslands and thickets at 3,600 to 4,500 m (11,800 to 14,800 ft) elevation. It grows 50 to 75 cm (20 to 30 in) high, on strong stems that are glandular and hairy, forming into a thick spreading plant. It has many basal leaves that are ovate to subhastate, 7 to 16 cm (2.8 to 6.3 in) long and 3.5 to 8 cm (1.4 to 3.1 in) wide. The upper leaf is slightly ridged with short hairs, the underside has red glandular hairs, especially dense on the veins.
The 3.5 to 4 cm (1.4 to 1.6 in) corolla is blue with white on the lower lip, held in a purple tinged calyx, growing on terminal panicles or racemes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia wardii 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.
