Scientific name: Perovskia atriplicifolia

Common name: Russian sage

Family name: Lamiaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9

Mature height and spread: 3 – 5 feet height, 2 – 4 feet spread

Sun: full sun

Water Use: dry to medium

Soil Requirement: dry to medium

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): bloom time is from July to October, color is lavender/blue

Suitable uses: easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun; contrasts well with both pink and yellow perennials

Quick ID description: smell; sub-shrub, woody base; leaves finely divided; more or less evergreen; tall sub-shrub; ideal plant in highway; good be seen at distance