Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’ Groundcover Shrubs or the moist margin of

or the moist margin of a woodland

the plant grows upright and loosely branched to six or eight feet

and even brief flooding once established

viscosum blooms in June and July

Sharp drainage is everything

Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’ Groundcover Shrubs or the moist margin ofSalvia 'Phyllis Fancy' is a vigorous, large hybrid sage with a good pedigree, found as a chance seedling at the University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum and named for a longtime volunteer there. The parentage is thought to involve Salvia leucantha, the Mexican bush sage, and possibly Salvia chiapensis, though the cross has never been confirmed. The appeal is in the long blooming spikes, which carry delicate lavender white flowers cupped in dark