Salvia chamaedryoides

How to grow Salvia chamaedryoides – growing requirements and care:

Well-drained soil

How to care:
Winter care require over that plant in the base possible with wood chip or dead leaves

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / seedling / Seed / Vegetative reproduction- possible by bending a branch over and covering it with soil, or by cutting, the cutting possible to put in water and switch the water every few days or put the stem in soil better peat soil and better with root growth hormone, in both cutting methods better to do it in warm spring or in autumn in hardiness zone 10b-11 in half shade

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No, but it’s easy to start from cutting and because the color of the flower is always the same to start from seeds it’s not an issue

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Agressive

Planting season:
Spring to summer in hardiness zone 7-9, spring or autumn in hardiness zone 10b, all year in hardiness zone 11, if the summer not too much hot possible in summer.

Pests and diseases:
Aphids, spider mites

Pruning season:
Summer / Winter

How to prune:
Just for design and dead leaves and stems

Size of the plant:
0.3-1 m, 12-40 inches

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing / Medium growing

Water requirement:
Small amount of water to average amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun, possible to

Is it possible to grow indoors as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter / flower pot / containers:
Yes, when grow in container, size 10-20L (2.6-5.2 gallons), require small to average amount of water with well-drained soil and the water go out of the pot, better not to use bottom of pot, every few years to switch soil can be all or just part of the soil, soil need to be well ventilated and make enough hole in the containers with good drainage, can us in potting mix or peat soil with perlite or vermiculite.

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Spring to autumn, mostly in the summer to autumn

General information about the flower:
Blue flowers grow in inflorescence in the end of the stem

Scientific name:

Salvia chamaedryoides