Organic. Period.

After other flowers have begun to wind down their blooming period this year, this Blue Salvia is still pretty. I dead-headed it in mid to late September, and it sent out these large flower stalks.

Blue flowers are not that common for a long blooming plant. This Salvia keeps blooming as long as I keep the spent flowers trimmed off. It was sold as an annual, but I have had it for three years now, so I believe there was an error on the nursery tag. There is a large clump of several plants, and I’ve had them in the same place all three summers. It is a rather sheltered spot, in my little kitchen garden area near the house. I’ll mulch again this year, and see if they are back next spring.

I use the long flower spikes as filler for summer bouquets. It adds a really pretty touch of color, different from baby’s breath or other fillers. They are charming with daisies or black-eyed-Susans, and elegant with roses.

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