Re: Russian Sage
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  • Subject: Re: Russian Sage
  • From: J* B* <j*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:07:38 -0500
High Country...I should have thought of them.  Yes, yes.  My brother in law
said they had to buy drought tolerant/deer resistant plants.  Their whole
neighborhood is crawling with deer.



On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <sundrops@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Perovskia is used a lot here in California and is drought tolerant and deer
> resistant.  I believe High Country Gardens sells it.
> --Barbara, Grass Valley, CA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Singer" <inlandjim1@q.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 9:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Russian Sage
>
>
>
> Never had much success with sage myself. Dave's Garden says it's propagated
>> by
>> softwood cuttings or seeds. JL Hudson, among others, sells the seeds, but
>> ya
>> gotta know the botanical name (Perovskia atriplicifolia) to find it in the
>> catalog.
>>
>> Inland Jim
>> Willamette Valley
>> Pacific Northwet
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 5, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>>
>> I was in San Antonio this weekend and kept seeing this purple "shrub" type
>>> plant.  Loved it.  Just happened to see a little plant vendor on the
>>> corner
>>> that had some.  I had no idea what it was...just like it.  He called it
>>> Russian Sage.  It has the sage "gray/green" leaf...and tons of tiny
>>> purple
>>> flowers all over it.
>>> Question for the group...where can I find more of this?  I love it!!!
>>> Wonder if it can be propagate...or if I have to start from seed....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jesse R. Bell
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Jesse R. Bell

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