USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b  Find Your Zone 

Plant Type:  Herbaceous Perennial 

Flower Color:  Indigo Blue

Flower Size: 1" packed on spikes

Flowering Period:  Early Spring to Fall

Flower Type:  Single, packed on spikes

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  No

Attracts:  Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit

An award winning top performer, ‘May Night’ Salvia is a prolific bloomer with tall spikes indigo blue flowers that rise above compact mounds of soft grey-green foliage. The bloom begins in late spring or summer with and continues reblooming if deadheaded. An outstanding perennial with excellent cold and heat hardiness, vigor, and tolerance of amended clay soils. The butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial pollinators will thank you for planting this one!

May Night Salvia is ideal for growing in garden beds or large pots, planters and other containers of 12 inches or more in diameter. Plant near patios, decks, porches and other outdoor living spaces where the unusual flowers can be enjoyed from close up, and the hummingbirds feeding too! A fine addition to hummingbird gardens, butterfly gardens, perennial gardens, blue theme gardens and cottage gardens.

A super-hardy perennial in USDA Zones 4a-9b and very easy to grow, May Night Salvia prefers a moist but well-drained soil and full to mostly sun. Will not tolerate constantly soggy soils. Flowering will be heavier and plants more dense with more sun. Established plants are tolerant of dry periods when growing in the ground however will appreciate an occasional deep soaking when temperatures are high and weather is dry. Deadheading spent flowers encourages reblooming throughout the season.

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