Rockin'® Playin' the Blues™ Salvia | Proven Winners®

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This plant is on pre-order, meaning if you order it now, it won't ship until spring/summer of 2025 based on your growing zone.

Proven Winners is constantly working to refine and improve their offerings for the North American garden and to the nursery industry in using the best in new plant and production materials.

Beautiful blue flowers all summer long. As the flowers age, the calyx remains deep-blue after the actual flower falls off, giving the impression that the entire flower stalk remains in flower giving a greater floral presence in the garden. Playin' The Blues^™ is a big attractor of bees! They love the sweet nectar in the flowers, so place it accordingly; a bit farther from seating areas if bees are a concern. It is always great to have a plant that will support our native bees!!

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Deadheading Not Necessary

Characteristics

Plant Type:

Annual

Height Category:

Tall

Garden Height:

24 - 48 Inches

Spacing:

14 - 18 Inches

Spread:

24 - 36 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green

Flower Colors:

Blue, Purple

Flower Shade:

Blue-Purple

Foliage Shade:

Deep Green

Habit:

Upright

Container Role:

Thriller

Tolerant to:

Drought, Heat

Attracts:

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Resists:

Deer

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Part Sun to Sun

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Continuous Bloom, Long Blooming, Planting To Hard Frost, Rebloomer

Hardiness Zones:

10a, 10b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

Water Category:

Average

Soil Fertility Requirement:

Average Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Container, Cut Flower, Landscape, Mass Planting

Light Requirement:

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Uses Notes:

Great in beds, along walkways, and on patios.

Maintenance Notes:

Playin' The Blues™ is a wonderful annual Salvia (except in frost-free zones) compact and richly colored it is easy and trouble-free. It is sterile so it will not set seed and that means it will just bloom, and bloom and bloom all season without stopping. You can easily trim to keep the shape or size where you want it, and it will branch out and become even thicker and more full of flowers. Regular watering and fertilizing will keep the plant at maximum color and growth but it is amazingly tough and once established in a pot or the garden will tolerate lower levels of food and water. However, severe drought will cause lower leaves to drop and if this happens give it a quick haircut removing the upper 1/3 of growth and once it back to normal watering it will fill back in.

Playin' The Blues™ is a big attractor of bees! They love the sweet nectar in the flowers, so place it accordingly; a bit farther from seating areas if bees are a concern. It is always great to have a plant that will support our native bees!!

Rockin'®Playin' the Blues®Salvialongispicata x farinacea'Balsalmispim'USPP 29,604

Features

Beautiful blue flowers all summer long. As the flowers age, the calyx remains deep-blue after the actual flower falls off, giving the impression that the entire flower stalk remains in flower giving a greater floral presence in the garden. Playin' The Blues^™ is a big attractor of bees! They love the sweet nectar in the flowers, so place it accordingly; a bit farther from seating areas if bees are a concern. It is always great to have a plant that will support our native bees!!

Award Winner
Deadheading Not Necessary

Characteristics

Plant Type:

Annual

Height Category:

Tall

Garden Height:

24 - 48 Inches

Spacing:

14 - 18 Inches

Spread:

24 - 36 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green

Flower Colors:

Blue, Purple

Flower Shade:

Blue-Purple

Foliage Shade:

Deep Green

Habit:

Upright

Container Role:

Thriller

Tolerant to:

Drought, Heat

Attracts:

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Resists:

Deer

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Part Sun to Sun

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Continuous Bloom, Long Blooming, Planting To Hard Frost, Rebloomer

Hardiness Zones:

10a, 10b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

Water Category:

Average

Soil Fertility Requirement:

Average Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Container, Cut Flower, Landscape, Mass Planting

Light Requirement:

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Uses Notes:

Great in beds, along walkways, and on patios.

Maintenance Notes:

Playin' The Blues™ is a wonderful annual Salvia (except in frost-free zones) compact and richly colored it is easy and trouble-free. It is sterile so it will not set seed and that means it will just bloom, and bloom and bloom all season without stopping. You can easily trim to keep the shape or size where you want it, and it will branch out and become even thicker and more full of flowers. Regular watering and fertilizing will keep the plant at maximum color and growth but it is amazingly tough and once established in a pot or the garden will tolerate lower levels of food and water. However, severe drought will cause lower leaves to drop and if this happens give it a quick haircut removing the upper 1/3 of growth and once it back to normal watering it will fill back in.

Playin' The Blues™ is a big attractor of bees! They love the sweet nectar in the flowers, so place it accordingly; a bit farther from seating areas if bees are a concern. It is always great to have a plant that will support our native bees!!

Rockin'®Playin' the Blues®Salvialongispicata x farinacea'Balsalmispim'USPP 29,604

Rockin'® Playin' the Blues™ Salvia | Proven Winners®

Rockin'® Playin' the Blues™ Salvia | Proven Winners®

Features

Characteristics

Plant Needs

Characteristics

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Uses Notes:

Maintenance Notes:

Light Requirement:

Uses Notes:

Maintenance Notes:

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