Salvia Big Blue Ipheion Here's a canna lily for

Here's a canna lily for gardeners who like their plants a little on the flaming side

The slowly colonizing woody stalks are clothed during the growing season with light green robinia-like foliage and adorned in April and May (NC)

Good soil moisture will result in the best performance of this stunning US native perennial

where it is in danger of extinction

topped in late spring with huge

Salvia Big Blue Ipheion Here's a canna lily for(aka: Salvia PAS1246577) Salvia 'Big Blue' is a Ball Pan Am Seed introduction of a cross of Salvia longispicata x Salvia farinacea. Although the cross is the same that produced the 1979 introduction, Salvia 'Indigo Spires', this is a dramatic improvement, almost certainly a ploidy (doubled chromosome) shift. For us, it produces a 4' tall x 3' wide, tight clump that includes the dramatic 1' tall floral spikes of dark bluish purple from early June (NC)