VIBE® IgnitionPurple Salvia. Notable humidity-, heat- and drought-tolerant, this petite sage explodes with vibrant purple flowers throughout summer. Add to your perennial cutting garden and you'll have a source of vivid color and fine foliage for your vase all summer long. Up to 24" tall and wide. Zones 7-11. When the flowers finish blooming, the color continues because the calyxes retain their deep-blue hue long after the flowers fade. Even better, new flower spikes continue to emerge all summer long. Plant Type / Zones: Perennial in Zones 7-10; usually grown as an annual Size: 2 to 4 feet tall, 2 to 3 feet wide Bloom time: Planting until frost. Iris, geraniums, peonies, astrantias and phlox are just a handful of the hundreds of herbaceous perennials in this popular plant group. Staples in the cottage garden, they often have a long flowering period and will put on a fantastic show in the border. Perennials clear all By type + Facing + How much sun + Soil type + Special conditions +. The birds' beaks have adapted to fit down inside the flowers as they sip up the flower nectar. One hummingbird-attracting perennial is the “Crater Lake Blue” speedwell.
