Russian Sage
Flowering persists for two or three months.
Russian sage grows in a clump.
The older stems are woody at the base, and younger stems are herbaceous and square in cross section.
The stems and leaves give off a pungent odor when crushed or bruised.
Place in full sun.
spires of small, tubular lavender flowers.
The Russian Sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia, is a deciduous semi-woody subshrub with upright, grayish white stems and lobed, silvery gray leaves.
In late summer and autumn Russian sage produces 12 in.
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Praying Mantises live throughout most of the US and Canada. The "patient predators" will eat flies, leafhoppers, caterpillars, and aphids. These garden friendly insect predators sometimes will munch on the other good guys - like bees and wasps.
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