When planning for next year’s gardens and landscape, make sure to include some Russian sage, Perovskia atri-plicifolia (changed to Salvia yangii). Although the Latin words are a mouthful, most gardeners are well aware of the tall, bushy plant with silver-gray slender leaves and blue flowers that continues to bloom until hard frosts occur. This hardy perennial is a magnet for pollinators including honey bees, native solitary bees, swallowtail butterflies, monarchs, skippers, moths, syrphid flies, colorful beetles and even hummingbirds.
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