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Salvia ‘Santa Barbara’
Salvia leucantha
Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’ has a compact and strong branching habit which, in combination with its gray foliage and spikes of long-blooming purple flowers, makes it an exceptional landscape plant. Flowers are effectively purple but are actually more interesting as the petals are a rose-lavender. Other cultivars within the species tend to get quite unwieldy and large but ‘Santa Barbara’ with its compact habit and drought resistance is a wonderful garden and container plant and very suitable for municipal or commercial plantings. It also makes a great annual in the cooler climates of the North.
Origin: USA
Description / Plant Notes:
- USDA Zone 7 (0°F or -18°C)
- Showy flower spikes of purple blooms with a hint of lavender-rose
- Compact tidy grower
- Easy care, exceptional landscape selection
Patent Status: PP 12,949
| USDA Zone: | 7 |
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| Height: | 28 to 36-inches 71 to 91-centimeters |
| Spread: | 28 to 36-inches 71 to 91-centimeters |
| Seasons: | Early Summer, Summer, Autumn |
| Flower Colors: | Purple |
| Foliage Colors: | Green, Grey-green |
| Light Levels: | Full-Sun, Partial-Sun |
| Growth Habit: | Compact-rounded |
| Usage: | Borders, Containers, Garden border, Mass landscape planting |
| Patent Status: | PP 12,949 |
| Origin: | USA |
Grower Culture |
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| Media: | Well-draining media |
| Crop Timing from Rooted Liners: |
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| 4-inch: | 6 to 8-weeks with 1 ppp |
| 1-gallon: | 10 to 12-weeks with 1 ppp |