Round flowers seem to dominate in the world of gardening, but the spiky blooms of a plant like the Merleau Blue salvia are real attention-getters.
Merleau Blue is an award-winning hybrid Salvia x superba that has earned high praises and rightly so. It is perennial over a wide area of the country and is compact, reaching 18 inches tall and just as wide.
Though a little shorter than other varieties, Merleau Blue makes a great cut flower for the vase. As you cut those flowers, you'll notice you are actually enhancing the bloom production. The flowers are also a favorite of bees, hummingbirds and several butterflies.
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