Salvia ColorSpires® Azure Snow

Salvia hybrid 'Azure Snow' PPAF

Attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds!

Genus: Salvia
Species: hybrid
Variety: 'Azure Snow'
ppaf: PPAF
Item Form: 1-Quart
Zone: 3 - 8
Bloom Start To End: Late Spring - Late Summer
Habit: Upright
Plant Height: 18 in - 20 in
Plant Width: 18 in - 20 in
Additional Characteristics: Butterfly Lovers, Hummingbird Lovers, Pruning Recommended
Bloom Color: Light Blue, Light Purple
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Drought Tolerant
Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
Uses: Beds, Border, Containers, Cut Flowers, Outdoor, Ornamental
Restrictions:
*Due to state restrictions we cannot ship to the following:
Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
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Genus: Salvia
Species: hybrid
Variety: 'Azure Snow'
ppaf: PPAF
Item Form: 1-Quart
Zone: 3 - 8
Bloom Start To End: Late Spring - Late Summer
Habit: Upright
Plant Height: 18 in - 20 in
Plant Width: 18 in - 20 in
Additional Characteristics: Butterfly Lovers, Hummingbird Lovers, Pruning Recommended
Bloom Color: Light Blue, Light Purple
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Drought Tolerant
Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
Uses: Beds, Border, Containers, Cut Flowers, Outdoor, Ornamental
Restrictions:
*Due to state restrictions we cannot ship to the following:
Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
show more

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Tips to Attract Butterflies

This lovely perennial has amazing color and bloom performance. Deep violet-blue and white bi-colored blooms grow upwards and above neatly mounded foliage. Lightly and pleasantly scented, this perennial is beautiful when planted in drifts or even in a mixed container to provide a vertical element. You will enjoy these lovely blooms all season - and so will the hummingbirds and butterflies! Zones 3-8. Full to Partial Sun.

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Butterflies like a lot of sunlight, so locate your garden in a sunny area.

If you live in a windy location, plant your butterfly-attracting plants near a building, fence, or hedge to protect them.

Plant a variety of nectar-rich plants, as well as shrubs and evergreens for shelter.

Since many butterflies and native flowering plants have co-evolved, try to put in some that are native to your area. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center provides lists of plants native to states and regions.

Certain colors are particularly attracting to butterflies – red, yellow, pink, purple, or orange blooms that are clustered or flat-topped, with a short flower tubes are especially attractive to adult butterflies.

Avoid using pesticides, especially around nectar-producing plants.

Provide a shallow source of water – try a birdbath with pebbles lining the bowl.

Place a rock in a sunny spot for butterfly basking and resting.

Create a "puddling area" by digging a shallow hole filled with compost or manure where rainwater will collect and release essential salts and minerals.

If you want butterflies to breed in your garden, put in some caterpillar food plants, such as parsley, milkweeds, asters, thistles, violets, clover, grasses, and Queen Anne’s Lace.

Since butterflies need nectar throughout the entire adult phase of their lives, try to create a design that will allow for a continuous bloom – when one stops blooming, another starts.

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