blue flowers
Russian sage
It is native to the steppes and hills of southwestern and central Asia. Successful over a wide range of climate and soil conditions, it has since become popular and widely planted.
The flowering season of S. yangii can be as long as June through October. The inflorescence is a showy panicle, 30–38 cm long (12–15 in), with many branches. Each flower's calyx is purple, densely covered in white or purple hairs, and about 4 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long. The corolla is tube-shaped, formed from a four-lobed upper lip and a slightly shorter lower lip; the blue or violet blue petals are about 1 cm long.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_yangii
Photo taken in Columbia, South Carolina.
blue flowers
Russian sage
It is native to the steppes and hills of southwestern and central Asia. Successful over a wide range of climate and soil conditions, it has since become popular and widely planted.
The flowering season of S. yangii can be as long as June through October. The inflorescence is a showy panicle, 30–38 cm long (12–15 in), with many branches. Each flower's calyx is purple, densely covered in white or purple hairs, and about 4 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long. The corolla is tube-shaped, formed from a four-lobed upper lip and a slightly shorter lower lip; the blue or violet blue petals are about 1 cm long.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_yangii
Photo taken in Columbia, South Carolina.