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Mine reseeds well.

I grow it.
It winters over just fine. Dies back to the ground, but then emerges in spring. It also reseeds, but is not invasive in its reseeding. Mine looks best later in the summer than it does in spring. In spring, it is rather pale blue. By midsummer it is taller, stronger and the bloom stalks are longer and a deeper blue. It has a grape-like fragrance like grape bubble gum.
Mine grows much taller and wider than the descriptions about it state.
I love it.
~Annie

Thanks for the pic token. very pretty. I am in z 6-6b, so I doubt it will reseed or come back for me.Nice to find out it is a true blue.
Tammy

Tammy,

In the fall, don't cut the dead plants back to the ground. If you do, winter precipitation will pool & freeze-rot the roots. Just leave them until spring and then cut them back to about 8 inches.

Pile oak leaves or maple leaves around it to protect it in winter. They should do just fine. I live in zone 6b - some years we have milder winters so I I give 6b/7a as my zone, but really, it is 6b.

They should do fine.

~Annie

Thanks Annie. I will do that. I cant wait to check out that fragrance. Here is a link to the pic on ebay. After seeing a recent pic on here of someone's "blue" bed, I couldnt resist.
Tammy

Here is a link that might be useful: salvia

I haven't noticed a fragrance on mine, but I only had two plants from the seeds I wintersowed. It did survive the winter this year. I did like Annie said. I left it all winter and cut it back hard this spring. It's been blooming for about a week even with no rain for a month.

Token, I have had people tell me this plant or that plant smells so good, and never smell a thing myself. I think my sniffer is defective,lol
Tammy