Salvia guaranitica "Black and Blue" Medicinal Salix tristis is a dwarf

Salix tristis is a dwarf

few native perennials give so much for so little fuss

and means exactly that

eight-to-twelve-foot habit

Salvia guaranitica "Black and Blue" Medicinal Salix tristis is a dwarfSalvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' is a big, vigorous perennial sage grown for one of the truest blues in the garden, a deep gentian to cobalt held in near black calyces that give the selection its name. Through the warm months, tall spikes rise above soft, hairy, deep green leaves and open in a long, generous run, and few hardy perennials offer a blue this saturated for so long a season. The species is a South American plant, native to Brazil,