| Description | Viola Klose Salvia is a perennial Salvia with dark violet blue flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (SAL-vee-a) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dry |
| Soil & Site | average to well drained soils, will rot in winter wet soils |
| Temperature | grows best in the cooler end of its hardiness zones |
| Flowers | spikes of dark violet blue, tubular two-lipped flowers borne in whorls, end of May into early June |
| Leaves | 15-18 by 18-24 inches (HS) |
| Maintenance | After blooming cut back to a few inches off the ground. They will respond with a new flush of foliage and a lesser but a second bloom. |
| Propagation | softwood cuttings, division, probably will not come true from seed |
| Cultivar Origin | Germany |
| Misc Facts | "Genus name comes from the Latin word salveo meaning to save or heal in reference to the purported medically curative properties attributed to some plants in the genus. Hybrid name of sylvestris comes from Latin meaning of or pertaining to forest or wood. Wood sage has a variety of common names including violet sage, ornamental meadow sage, Balkan clary, purple flowering sage or perennial woodland sage". |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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