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Mystery Salvia Please Help Identify

17 years ago

I bought this plant last year at a small nursey on sale at the end of the year. The tag had fallen off. It was on a table with May Night Salvias but it didn't look like them. It sure isn't a May Night now that I have two of them. It came back this Spring and looks beautiful and it attracts bees like crazy. Can anyone tell me what kind it is?

Here is a link that might be useful: Mystery Salvia Picture

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robinmi_gw
17 years ago
This could be Salvia verticillata.

Robin.
ghoghunter
Original Author
17 years ago
Thank you so much for the answer!! I have been trying to find out for a whole year what this was and could never find a picture. I had never seen or heard of "Purple Rain" before!!! Thanks again for your help!!! I looked it up and it sure does look exactly like it.
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