Salvia Oxford Blue - Clary Sage
Salvias are a favorite of mine and I'm adding seed grown Oxford Blue to the beds this spring. The seeds are from Chiltern in England and the plant is called Salvia hormium Oxford blue in the catalog. Well, it's difficult to research this plant since it has several names going for it. Its family name is Labiatae/Lamiaceae or mint, of course. One synonym is Salvia viridis. Other names include Clary sage Oxford blue. The Backyard Gardener calls it Oxford Blue Annual Clary Sage, pretty much covering all bases. It is an annual that grows to 18-inches tall, though Clemson U . says it will be 2-feet tall by the end of the summer. Just to throw a little science into the mix, Purdue's Hort Dept says "clary, clear eye, eyebright, clarywort, and musoatel sage, the species is widely cultivated throughout the temperate regions of the world. Principal production centers include France, the USSR and Hungary. Reaching a height of 1 to 1.5 meters during flowering, the plant is charac...